Talk:Palawalla

RFV discussion: November–December 2020
&mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 18:47, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The spelling may not be standardized. I found one mention here. Also, since this looks to be from some form of French parler, it wouldn't hurt to try variations of "parl" for "pal" and "oi" or "oir" or "ois" for "wa". It almost looks like it could be a phonetic spelling of something like parler voilà, though that doesn't really work semantically. Chuck Entz (talk) 20:01, 13 November 2020 (UTC) ‸ On second thought, the "wala" could be just reduplication: nonsense syllables rhyming with the first part of the word. Chuck Entz (talk) 20:34, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , I have found two instances of uses, quoted in graduate theses, besides the mention. The definition seems to be a bit off, it doesn't seem to be just a Guyanese thing.--Karaeng Matoaya (talk) 20:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , three uses found for redefinition "(Caribbean, derogatory) a creole language, such as Antillean Creole or Jamaican Creole". Not sure if this is exactly what it is but that's the impression I got from the three uses I found. The preferred orthography seems to be palawala with one l and no space.--Karaeng Matoaya (talk) 20:17, 13 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Message moved from § “Supporting evidence for the word "palawalla" or "palawala" submitted 11/13/2020”.

RFV-resolved. Moved to Palawala. Kiwima (talk) 19:26, 14 December 2020 (UTC) Hello editors, Below, please find a string with comments from a Guyanese Facebook group (Guyana: A Story of Pictures, Places and Things) responding to the meaning of "palawalla". thumb

. Mostly St Lucians who came to Guyana to work in the gold bush. Pallawalla comes from the French patios they spoke. Still a lot of them in Bartica and Mahdia. · Reply · Share · 2 d · Edited Steve Henry Sadie Amin I met one of them in NYC, and I know of a few more. · Reply · Share · 1 d · Edited Wayne Dover Sadie Amin i agree with you · Reply · Share · 1 d Bernard S. Rollins Sadie some camera to Berbice and settled where Agriculture was prevalent in villages like Ithaca and Sandforth. · Reply · Share · 1 d · Edited Hyacinth Drakes Sadie Amin quite a few lived in Wismar, Linden. · Reply · Share · 1 d Molly Ames GUYANA WAS THE BREAD BASKET FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND MANY ILANDER CAME TO GUYANA LOTS OF them never go back home and die and buried her too · Reply · Share · 1 d Malcolm Alves This term actually has a serious root? Learn something every day. I thought was a made-up term like "pagalli." · Reply · Share · 1 d Yeve Belle Name given to people who came to Guyana from some islands to work in farming or some such field Many were from St.Lucia ,St Vincent Many never returned and lived mainly in river villages in the upper Demerara River · Reply · Share · 1 d Gabrielle Hookumchand Malcolm Alves Pagli is not made up. It is from Hindi. Pagla/Pagli. · Reply · Share · See translation · 1 d Nick Harewood Malcolm Alves ... From 'parler' French for 'to speak' · Reply · Share · 1 d Rose Cooke Sadie Amin correct answer

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