different between galah vs galas

English

Etymology

From Gamilaraay gilaa.

• (fool): From the bird. A connection with Malay gila (“mad”) has been suggested, but this explanation has not gained acceptance.

Pronunciation

Noun

galah (plural galahs)

1. A pink and grey species of cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla, native to Australia.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 434:

     There were red-tailed cockatoos, casuarina cockatoos, a little corella and a galah.

   • 2005, David Lindenmayer, Mark A. Burgman, Practical Conservation Biology, page 175,

     The Galah has benefited from changes in the environment brought about by human activities (Rowley, 1990; Saunders and Ingram, 1995; Forshaw, 2002). The Galah?s diet is predominantly seeds, especially those from cereal crops and agricultural weeds.

2. (Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.

   That galah nearly drove me off the road.

   • 1991, Patricia Shaw, River of the Sun, unnumbered page,

     ‘Don?t just stand there, you great galah, lend a hand here!’ Billy Kemp shoved Edmund towards the longboat. ‘Get it free. The lads are bringing up the casks.’

   • 1999, Bryce Courtenay, Solomon's Song, unnumbered page,

     ‘But, Sergeant, I reckon a man would look a proper galah falling about with an empty rifle, going click, click, click, “bang you?re dead” when he wasn?t doing rifle drill on parade, like when it?s not official, know what I mean?’ one of the infantrymen volunteers.

   • 2006, John Chalmers, The Professional Guest, page 13,

     ‘ […] Then you will strut around like a great galah tryin? to impress the sheilas about what a fuckin? big iron ore miner you are.’

Synonyms

• (fool): drongo

Derived terms

• galah session

Translations

See also

• cockatiel
• cockatoo
• corella

References

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?alah/
• Rhymes: -alah, -lah, -ah

Noun

galah (Jawi spelling ?????, plural galah-galah, informal 1st possessive galahku, impolite 2nd possessive galahmu, 3rd possessive galahnya)

1. pole, stake

Further reading

• “galah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

English

Noun

galas

1. plural of gala

Anagrams

• Gaals, agals

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English glass. Cognate with Malay gelas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?alas/
• Hyphenation: ga?las

Noun

galas

1. glass (drinking vessel)

See also

• cawan (“cup”)

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: gala, galât

Verb

galas

1. second-person singular past historic of galer

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian gals, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??a?l?s]

Noun

gãlas m (plural gala?) stress pattern 4

1. end
2. (person) Gaul

Declension

See also

• Galija

Polish

Noun

galas m inan

1. gall (blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants)

Portuguese

Noun

galas

1. plural of gala

Spanish

Adjective

galas

1. feminine plural of galo

Swedish

Noun

galas

1. indefinite genitive singular of gala

Anagrams

• lagas, slaga