palapa

See also: pālapa

English

A palapa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palapa, from Tagalog palapa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq.

Noun

palapa (plural palapas)

1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of coconut leaf”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧pa
• IPA^(key): /paˌlaʔˈpaʔ/ [paˌl̪aʔˈpaʔ]

Noun

palâpâ

1. midrib of a banana leaf or coconut frond

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese pālapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.pa/
• Rhymes: -pa
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧pa

Noun

palapa (plural palapa-palapa)

1. bitter fruit
2. Palapa oath
3. (uncountable) Indonesia's first domestic communications satellite, launched in 1976.

Further reading

• “palapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old Javanese

Noun

palapa

1. Alternative spelling of pālapa

Adjective

palapa

1. Alternative spelling of pālapa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog palapa (“midrib of a banana leaf or large palm frond”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of a coconut frond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlapa/ [paˈla.pa]

Noun

palapa f (plural palapas)

1. (Mexico) a thatched roof
2. (Mexico) an open structure with a thatched roof, palapa

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of a coconut frond”). Compare Kapampangan palapa, Bikol Central palapa, Pangasinan palapa, Maguindanao palapa, Malay pelepah, Iban pelepah, Tongan palalafa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlapaʔ/ [pɐˈlaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧pa

Noun

palapà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜉ)

1. (botany) the pulpy midrib or petiole of a banana leaf or coconut palm frond or leaf of a similar tree

   Synonyms: balaba, pintal

References

• “palapa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “palapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*palaqpaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• alpapa, alapap, alap-ap