paralis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parales, plural of paral (“scaffolding pole”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧lis

IPA^(key): /paˈɾalis/, [pɐˈɾa.lɪs]

Noun

paralis (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

wooden roller
Synonyms: rodilyo, pulin
(figuratively) a go-between (especially in courtship)

Further reading

“paralis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, page 467–504

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