Palau

See also: palau

English

Etymology

Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, UK, US) IPA(key): /pəˈlaʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Palau

  1. A country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau (a country in Oceania)

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpalau̯]

Proper noun

Palau n (indeclinable, related adjective palauský)

  1. Palau (a country and archipelago in Micronesia)

Declension

  • Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • Palau in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑu/, [ˈpɑlɑu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑu
  • Syllabification(key): Pa‧la‧u

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Declension

Inflection of Palau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative Palau —
genitive Palaun —
partitive Palauta —
illative Palauhun —
singular plural
nominative Palau —
accusative nom. Palau —
gen. Palaun
genitive Palaun —
partitive Palauta —
inessive Palaussa —
elative Palausta —
illative Palauhun —
adessive Palaulla —
ablative Palaulta —
allative Palaulle —
essive Palauna —
translative Palauksi —
instructive — —
abessive Palautta —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Palau (type rosé)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Palauni —
accusative nom. Palauni —
gen. Palauni
genitive Palauni —
partitive Palautani —
inessive Palaussani —
elative Palaustani —
illative Palauhuni —
adessive Palaullani —
ablative Palaultani —
allative Palaulleni —
essive Palaunani —
translative Palaukseni —
instructive — —
abessive Palauttani —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Palausi —
accusative nom. Palausi —
gen. Palausi
genitive Palausi —
partitive Palautasi —
inessive Palaussasi —
elative Palaustasi —
illative Palauhusi —
adessive Palaullasi —
ablative Palaultasi —
allative Palaullesi —
essive Palaunasi —
translative Palauksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Palauttasi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Palaumme —
accusative nom. Palaumme —
gen. Palaumme
genitive Palaumme —
partitive Palautamme —
inessive Palaussamme —
elative Palaustamme —
illative Palauhumme —
adessive Palaullamme —
ablative Palaultamme —
allative Palaullemme —
essive Palaunamme —
translative Palauksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Palauttamme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Palaunne —
accusative nom. Palaunne —
gen. Palaunne
genitive Palaunne —
partitive Palautanne —
inessive Palaussanne —
elative Palaustanne —
illative Palauhunne —
adessive Palaullanne —
ablative Palaultanne —
allative Palaullenne —
essive Palaunanne —
translative Palauksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Palauttanne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Palaunsa —
accusative nom. Palaunsa —
gen. Palaunsa
genitive Palaunsa —
partitive Palautaan
Palautansa
—
inessive Palaussaan
Palaussansa
—
elative Palaustaan
Palaustansa
—
illative Palauhunsa —
adessive Palaullaan
Palaullansa
—
ablative Palaultaan
Palaultansa
—
allative Palaulleen
Palaullensa
—
essive Palaunaan
Palaunansa
—
translative Palaukseen
Palauksensa
—
instructive — —
abessive Palauttaan
Palauttansa
—
comitative — —

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Palau n (proper noun, genitive Palaus or (optionally with an article) Palau)

  1. Palau (a country and archipelago in Micronesia)

Declension

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒlɒu]
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧lau
  • Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau (a country in Micronesia, Oceania)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Palau —
accusative Palaut —
dative Palaunak —
instrumental Palauval —
causal-final Palauért —
translative Palauvá —
terminative Palauig —
essive-formal Palauként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Palauban —
superessive Palaun —
adessive Palaunál —
illative Palauba —
sublative Palaura —
allative Palauhoz —
elative Palauból —
delative Palauról —
ablative Palautól —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Palaué —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Palauéi —
Possessive forms of Palau
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Palaum —
2nd person sing. Palaud —
3rd person sing. Palauja —
1st person plural Palaunk —
2nd person plural Palautok —
3rd person plural Palaujuk —

Derived terms

  • palaui

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau m

  1. Palau

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Palau, from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.law/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alaw
  • Syllabification: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau n (indeclinable)

  1. Palau (an archipelago and country in Micronesia)
  2. Palau (a commune and city in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy)

Further reading

  • Palau in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Palau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈlaw/ [paˈlaʊ̯]

  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧lau

Proper noun

Palau m

  1. Palau (a country in Oceania)

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau n (genitive Palaus)

  1. Palau

Anagrams

Turkish

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau (a country in Oceania)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Palaulu

See also

Turkmen

Etymology

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Proper noun

Palau

  1. Palau
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