palea

Meaning

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

Concepts

chaff

straw

glumelle

Synonyms

stramentum

Translations

stro

palla

palha

ανεμίδι

paja

paille

paglia

Stroh

sap

قش

قشّ

άχυρο

ka

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpa.ɫe.a]

Etymology

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”).