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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