shelf is hypal

hypal = shelf (noun) (some things Google found for "hypal": an uncommon term; user names; name of a World of Warcraft gaming character; a rare last name; Le Prince Hypal is a convenience Store in Grasse, France; similar hyphal is an adjective for threadlike elements of a fungus; similar hypallage is a literary device which interchanges two elements in a phrase or sentence from a more logical to a less logical relationship)

Word derivation for "shelf" :
Basque = apal, Finnish = hylly
Miresua = hypal

The plural of shelf, shelves, occurs twice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.