# palau
## English
### Noun

palau (countable and uncountable, plural palaus)
* Alternative spelling of pilaf (“dish of browned rice etc.”)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan palau, from Latin palātium. Compare Occitan palatz, French palais.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈlaw]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈlaw]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aw

### Noun

palau m (plural palaus)
* palace

#### Related terms

* palatí

### References

* “palau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “palau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “palau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “palau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpalau̯]
* Hyphenation: pa‧lau

### Proper noun

palau m inan (indeclinable)
* Palauan (Austronesian language)
    Synonym: palauština

#### Related terms

* Palau n sg
* Palauan m anim
* Palauanka f
* palauský

### Further reading

* “palau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Palau

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑlɑu̯/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝u̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑu
* Hyphenation: pa‧lau

### Noun

palau
* Palauan (language)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
palauni
accusative
nom.
palauni
gen.
palauni
genitive
palauni
partitive
palautani
inessive
palaussani
elative
palaustani
illative
palauhuni
adessive
palaullani
ablative
palaultani
allative
palaulleni
essive
palaunani
translative
palaukseni
abessive
palauttani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
palausi
accusative
nom.
palausi
gen.
palausi
genitive
palausi
partitive
palautasi
inessive
palaussasi
elative
palaustasi
illative
palauhusi
adessive
palaullasi
ablative
palaultasi
allative
palaullesi
essive
palaunasi
translative
palauksesi
abessive
palauttasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
palaumme
accusative
nom.
palaumme
gen.
palaumme
genitive
palaumme
partitive
palautamme
inessive
palaussamme
elative
palaustamme
illative
palauhumme
adessive
palaullamme
ablative
palaultamme
allative
palaullemme
essive
palaunamme
translative
palauksemme
abessive
palauttamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
palaunne
accusative
nom.
palaunne
gen.
palaunne
genitive
palaunne
partitive
palautanne
inessive
palaussanne
elative
palaustanne
illative
palauhunne
adessive
palaullanne
ablative
palaultanne
allative
palaullenne
essive
palaunanne
translative
palauksenne
abessive
palauttanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
palaunsa
accusative
nom.
palaunsa
gen.
palaunsa
genitive
palaunsa
partitive
palautaan palautansa
inessive
palaussaan palaussansa
elative
palaustaan palaustansa
illative
palauhunsa
adessive
palaullaan palaullansa
ablative
palaultaan palaultansa
allative
palaulleen palaullensa
essive
palaunaan palaunansa
translative
palaukseen palauksensa
abessive
palauttaan palauttansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* palaun kieli

#### Derived terms

* palaunkielinen (expressed in Palauan, being Palauan-speaking)

### Anagrams

* Lapua, Paula, lupaa, paalu, paula, pulaa

## Iban
### Adjective

palau
* drunk

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palau/
* Rhymes: -au̯

### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Noun

palau (Jawi spelling ڤالاو, plural palau-palau, informal 1st possessive palauku, 2nd possessive palaumu, 3rd possessive palaunya)
* scar
    Synonym: parut

### Etymology 2

A slang variant of pulau.

#### Verb

palau (Jawi spelling ڤالاو)
* (slang, nonstandard) to ignore or to ghost.
    Synonym: pulau

### Further reading

* “palau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.