pal’l’aš

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paljas. Related to Finnish paljas, Estonian paljas, Ingrian paljas, Livonian pōļaz, Ludian paľľaz, Livvi paľľas, Veps pal'l'az and Votic paľľas. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *failijaz, but the semantic gap makes this unlikely.

Adjective

pal’l’aš (genitive pal’l’ahan, partitive pal’l’ašta)

  1. undressed, naked, unaided, unprotected
  2. naked, unclothed
  3. bare
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