palam

See also: pałam and Palam

Latin

FWOTD – 2 January 2013

Etymology 1

Either:

• the ending was taken from clam,
• it is a locative Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂emi or *pl̥h₂ēm,
• it is an accusative Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂eh₂m

all from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Cognate with Old Church Slavonic полѥ (polje) (whence Bulgarian and Russian поле (pole, “field”)), Old Armenian հող (hoł, “earth, soil”), German Westfalen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.ɫãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.lam]

Adverb

palam (not comparable)

1. without concealment, openly, publicly, undisguisedly, plainly, unambiguously

   Synonyms: pūblicē, apertē, prōpalam, vulgō

   Antonym: clam

Derived terms

• prōpalam

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: palese
• ⇒ Catalan: palès

Preposition

palam (+ ablative)

1. openly in the presence of someone, openly before someone

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ɫãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.lam]

Noun

pālam

1. accusative singular of pāla

References

• “palam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “palam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “palam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “palam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

Malay

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

palam

1. (uncommon) to plug or stuff an orifice with material (stuffing etc)

   Synonym: sumbat

2. (Malaysia, electricity, uncommon) (of plugs) to connect an electrical appliance with a peripheral device by fitting its male connector

   Synonym: (of electrical plugs, phone jacks etc) cucuk

Noun

palam (Jawi spelling ڤالم, plural palam-palam or palam²)

1. (electricity) plug, pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

Derived terms

• memalam
• terpalam

References

• Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “ڤالم palam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 450
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “palam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 199

Etymology 2

From mempelam ultimately borrowed from Tamil பழம் (paḻam)

Noun

palam (plural palam-palam or palam²)

1. mango, alternative form of pelam

   Synonyms: mangga, mempelam, pauh

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “palam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 199

Further reading

• "palam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "palam" at PRPM first version)