pela
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
Definition of pela
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)Synonym of Chinese wax.
“Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.”
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noun
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(uncountable)Synonym of Chinese wax.
“Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.”
name
- A Burmish language spoken in western Yunnan, China.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From informal romanization of Chinese 白蠟 /白蜡 (báilà).
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