Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish parales, plural of paral (“scaffolding pole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /paˈɾalis/, [pɐˈɾa.lɪs]
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧lis
paralis (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔)
- wooden roller
- Synonyms: rodilyo, pulin
- (figuratively) a go-between (especially in courtship)
Further reading[edit]
- “paralis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504