palanca.
stake (long, sharp piece of wood)
Meaning & usage
stake (long, sharp piece of wood)
lever (long, rigid object used to transmit force)
a rampart with palisades or stake
bar (long rod)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish palanca, from Latin phalanga (“roller; pole”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log; phalanx”). Doublet of prancha
any of several species of bovid in the genus Hippotragus, including the roan antelope, the sable antelope and the extinct bluebucks.
Where this word comes from
From a Nguni language.
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