palea

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-1, feminine, plural-normally) chaff
2. (declension-1, feminine) The wattles or gills of a cock.
3. (declension-1, feminine) dross
4. (declension-1, feminine) husk
5. (declension-1, feminine) straw

Concepten

stro

Synoniemen

stramentum

Vertalingen

chaff

palla

ανεμίδι

palha

paja

straw

Stroh

paglia

paille

sap

قش

قشّ

άχυρο

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈpa.ɫe.a]

Etymologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *palejā (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁- (“chaff”); the original meaning of the Proto-Indo-European appears to be "to swing", with the "chaff" meaning being a semantic extension from "to swing" > "to thresh corn" > "the chaff separated from the fruit by threshing action". Cognate with Sanskrit पलाव (palā́va, “chaff”), Old Church Slavonic плева (pleva), Russian полова (polova), Lithuanian pelus, Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to swing, sway”). See also pulvis (“powder”).