# pallu
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पल्लू (pallū), from पल्ला (pallā, “side”), from Sanskrit पल्ल (palla). Compare with palla.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpaluː/

### Noun

pallu (plural pallus)
* (South Asia) The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn. [from 19th c.]
** 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 45:She had pulled the pallu back over her head and her face.
** 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 116:Dressed in a simple grey cotton sari, her head covered with the pallu, she sat on a platform behind a table with a microphone.

### Anagrams

* Paull, all-up, pulla

## Makasar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpalːu]

### Verb

pallu (Lontara spelling ᨄᨒᨘ, semi-transitive appallu)
* (transitive) to cook

#### Derived terms

* papallu

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈpaɬɨ̞/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈpaɬi/
* Rhymes: -alɨ̞

### Verb

pallu (first-person singular present pallaf)
* to fail, to cease, to perish, to be destroyed
    Mae'r cof yn pallu.My memory fails me.(literally, “The memory fails.”)
    Synonyms: gwrthod, nacáu
* to refuse, deny
    (South Wales) Mae'r ffenest yn pallu agor.The window won't open.(literally, “The window refuses to open.”)
    Synonyms: gwrthod, nacáu

#### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | pallaf | pelli | palla | pallwn | pellwch, pallwch | pallant | pellir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | pallwn | pallit | pallai | pallem | pallech | pallent | pellid |
| preterite | pellais | pellaist | pallodd | pallasom | pallasoch | pallasant | pallwyd |
| pluperfect | pallaswn | pallasit | pallasai | pallasem | pallasech | pallasent | pallasid, pallesid |
| present subjunctive | pallwyf | pellych | pallo | pallom | palloch | pallont | paller |
| imperative | — | palla | palled | pallwn | pellwch, pallwch | pallent | paller |
| verbal noun | pallu | pallu | pallu | pallu | pallu | pallu | pallu |
| verbal adjectives | palledig palladwy | palledig palladwy | palledig palladwy | palledig palladwy | palledig palladwy | palledig palladwy | palledig palladwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | palla i, pallaf i | palli di | pallith o/e/hi, palliff e/hi | pallwn ni | pallwch chi | pallan nhw |
| conditional | pallwn i, pallswn i | pallet ti, pallset ti | pallai fo/fe/hi, pallsai fo/fe/hi | pallen ni, pallsen ni | pallech chi, pallsech chi | pallen nhw, pallsen nhw |
| preterite | pallais i, palles i | pallaist ti, pallest ti | pallodd o/e/hi | pallon ni | palloch chi | pallon nhw |
| imperative | — | palla | — | — | pallwch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||

#### Derived terms

* palledig (“failed, defective”)
* pallu gweithio (“to break down”)

#### Related terms

* pall (“failure, fault”)

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷal-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pallu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies