Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palsa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pal-sa
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.

Example Sentences

"Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas. String bogs, also called patterned fens, occur in muskeg. They are alternations of thin, string-like strips or ridges of peat, mainly Sphagnum moss, which may[…]"
"These basin bogs are generally associated with Picea mariana or are treeless. Species in these wetlands are similar to those found in other palsas in Canada."

Etymology

From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.

Inflected Forms

palsas (plural)

Derived Forms

lithalsa

Questions

What does palsa mean?: A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
Where does palsa come from?: From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.

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