# paal
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch paal, from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑːl/

### Noun

paal (plural pale, diminutive paaltjie)
* post, pole, beam

#### Derived terms

* doelpaal
* paaldanser

#### Descendants

* → Tsonga: pala
* → Xhosa: ipala

## Cahuilla
### Noun

páal
* mortar (for pounding and grinding)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paːl/
* Hyphenation: paal
* Rhymes: -aːl
* Homophone: Paal

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, borrowed from Latin pālus.

#### Noun

paal m (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)
* post, stake, pole, pile
* (sports) goalpost
    Synonym: doelpaal
* (heraldry) pale, perpendicular stripe
* (euphemistic) erect phallus
* an Indonesian measure of distance

##### Derived terms

* afzetpaal
* als een paal boven water staan
* als puntje bij paaltje komt
* bepalen
* doelpaal
* elektriciteitspaal
* flitspaal
* folterpaal
* geselpaal
* grenspaal
* hectometerpaal
* heipaal
* kilometerpaal
* klimpaal
* krabbaal
* laadpaal
* lantaarnpaal
* meerpaal
* mijlpaal
* paal en perk stellen aan
* paaldans
* paaldorp
* paalfundering
* paalvast
* paalwerk
* paalwoning
* paalworm
* palen
* pispaal
* praatpaal
* schandpaal
* seinpaal
* strandpaal
* telefoonpaal
* telegraafpaal
* voor paal staan

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: paal
** → Tsonga: pala
** → Xhosa: ipala
* → Caribbean Hindustani: pál
* → Caribbean Javanese: pal
* → Guyanese Creole English: paal
* → Indonesian: pal (“milestone”)
* → Papiamentu: palu

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pāle, borrowed from Middle French pale, from Latin pala.

#### Noun

paal f (plural palen, diminutive paaltje n)
* peel, baker's instrument
    Synonym: ovenpaal

##### Derived terms

* palen
* handpaal
* koekepaal
* paaloren
* paaloore

### Etymology 3

Borrowed French pâle (“pale”).

#### Adjective

paal (comparative paler, superlative paalst)
* pale
* faded, discolored

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

paal
* inflection of palen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Laven
### Noun

paal
* (Laven and Juk) shoulder

### Further reading

* Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)

## Yucatec Maya
### Pronunciation

IPA: /pàːl/

### Noun

paal (plural paalal or paaloʼob or paalaloʼob)
* child
** 2008, Briceida Cuevas Cob, “Je’ bix k’iin”, in Tiʼ u billil in nookʼ. Del dobladillo de mi ropa, Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, page 94:ka pulik u ok’om óolal jo’oljeak ka jíits’tik tu billil a nook’, / a paalal túune’ tu wenel.you throw yesterday's sorrows, drawn from the hem of your clothes, / while your children sleep.
** 2023 February 13, Cecilia Abreu, “Múuch’kabilo’obe’ ku múul meyajo’ob ti’al uti’al u séeb ila’al wa tsaayal ts’unus ti’ paalal”, in Sasil Sánchez Chan, transl., La Jornada Maya‎, archived from the original on 2023-03-19:Walkila’ yaan kex 100 u túul paalal táan u ts’a’akalo’ob, ba’ale’ ja’ab man ja’abe’ ku yantal kex 75 uláak’ túumben paalal yéetel le k’oja’anila’.Currently, there are about 100 children receiving treatment, but each year there are around 75 more children [diagnosed] with this disease.