palApa · masculine · palāpa 1.1
chaff
palāpa , see palāva .
chaff (of corn); prattle; nonsense; voice of essence
Palāpa 1 [Vedic palāva, cf. Latin palea, Russ peleva; see also Geiger, Pāli Grammar §39.6, where pralāva is to be corrected to palāva] chaff of corn, pollard A IV 169 (yava°); Ja I 467, 468; IV 34; Pj II 165 (in exegesis of palāpa 2 ; v.l. palāsa), 312 (the same); Ja IV 34, 35 (perhaps better to read kula-palāso and palāsa-bhūta for palāpa). Palāpa 2 [Vedic pralāpa, pa + lap; taken by Pāli commentary as identical with palāpa 1 , their example followed by Trenckner, "Notes" 63, cf. also Q.K.M. II 363 "chaff as frivolous talk"] prattling, prattle, nonsense; adjective talking idly, chaffing, idle, void M III 80 (a°); S I 166 (not palapaṃ), 192 = Thag 1237; A IV 169 (samaṇa° in allegory with yava° of palāpa 1 ); Snp 89 (māyāvin asaṃyata palāpa = palāpa-sadisattā Pj II 165), 282 = Miln 414 (here also explained as palāpa 1 by Pj II 312); Vibh-a 104. In phrase tuccha palāpa empty and void at Miln 5, 10.
【陽】（玉黍蜀的）穀殼，廢話，胡扯，無實質的。
(masc, masc, from palapati) chattering; prattle; idle talk; blah blah prattle, nonsense, void of essence Construction: pa + √lap > lāp + *a
(masc, masc) who is useless; who is worthless; waste of a man; (comm) devoid of ethics chaff (of corn) [lit.] chaff
(adj, adj) chaff-like; throwaway; useless; worthless