"Palo" meaning in Tagalog

See Palo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /paˈloʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [pɐˈloʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: Palô [canonical], ᜉᜎᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -oʔ Etymology: From Waray-Waray palo (“hammer; mace; mallet; sledge”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu (“to hammer, to hit with a hard implement”), from Proto-Austronesian *palu (“to hammer, pound, hit”). Compare Tagalog palo. Etymology templates: {{der|tl|war|palo||hammer; mace; mallet; sledge}} Waray-Waray palo (“hammer; mace; mallet; sledge”), {{der|tl|poz-pro|*palu||to hammer, to hit with a hard implement}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palu (“to hammer, to hit with a hard implement”), {{der|tl|map-pro|*palu||to hammer, pound, hit}} Proto-Austronesian *palu (“to hammer, pound, hit”), {{cog|tl|palo}} Tagalog palo Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|Palô|b=+}} Palô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓ)
  1. Palo (a municipality of Leyte, Philippines) Categories (place): Municipalities of Leyte, Philippines, Places in Leyte, Philippines, Places in the Philippines Related terms: Leyte
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