palpal

English

Etymology

From palpus +‎ -al.

Adjective

palpal (not comparable)

1. Relating to a palpus.
   • 1913, A. Randell Jackson, “On the British Spiders of the Genus Microneta”, in Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, page 128:

     In the male each palpal tibia shows a long narrow apophysis on the outerside.

Anagrams

• appall

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalpal/ [ˈpal̪.pal̪]
• Hyphenation: pal‧pal

Etymology 1

Adjective

pálpál (intensified palpalon, Basahan spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜉᜎ᜔)

1. (derogatory) stupid; dumb

   Synonyms: patal, pangol, pulpol, bobo, boba, tonto, tonta, kamote

Derived terms

• kapalpalan

Etymology 2

Verb

pálpál (plural paralpal, Basahan spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜉᜎ᜔)

1. to drive something in (as a post into the ground)

Derived terms

• ipalpal
• magpalpal

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palˈpal/ [pɐlˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pal‧pal

Noun

palpál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜉᜎ᜔)

1. wooden spanker
2. (basketball) blocking of a shot using the hand

   Synonym: supalpal

Further reading

• “palpal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• plapla, laplap, pla-pla

Tok Pisin

Noun

palpal

1. coral tree