different between clot vs galah

English

Alternative forms

• clout (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clot (plural clots)

1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
3. A silly person.

Derived terms

• clotty

Translations

Verb

clot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted)

1. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
2. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Translations

Anagrams

• Colt, TLOC, colt

Catalan

Etymology

Of uncertain, perhaps Indo-European but pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clot m (plural clots)

1. pit, hole
2. dip (a lower section of a road or geological feature)

Derived terms

• clota
• clotada
• clotós

Further reading

• “clot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clotte

Etymology

From Old English clot, clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott; compare clod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?t/

Noun

clot (plural clottes)

1. A clod; a ball of earth or clay.
2. The ground; the earth's surface.
3. (figuratively) The body.
4. (rare) A chunk of turf or soil.

Descendants

• English: clot

References

• “clot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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.