palupalo

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === palopalo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling palo-palo palu-palo — superseded, pre-2014 === Etymology === Reduplication of palo (“spank”). Compare Cebuano palopalo. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paluˈpaloʔ/ [pɐ.lʊˈpaː.loʔ], /palupaˈloʔ/ [pɐ.lʊ.pɐˈloʔ] (“batlet”, noun) Rhymes: -aloʔ, -oʔ IPA(key): /paluˈpaloʔ/ [pɐ.lʊˈpaː.loʔ] (“goby”, noun) Rhymes: -aloʔ Syllabification: pa‧lu‧pa‧lo === Noun === palupalò or palupalô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓᜉᜎᜓ) batlet; washing paddle (a short bat for beating clothes when washing them) Synonyms: pantuktok, pamugbog any wooden mallet ==== See also ==== === Noun === palupalò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜓᜉᜎᜓ) arrowfin goby; any member of the genus Oxyurichthys === Further reading === “palupalo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “palupalo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 401: “Maço) Palopalo (pp) [con que es] coplean o golpean algo”