balloo

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish balb.

Adjective

balloo (comparative balloo)

1. silent, dumb

   Eshyn hoiggys çhaghter balloo she dooinney creeney eh. ― He who understands a dumb messenger is a wise man.

2. tongue-tied

Noun

balloo m (genitive singular balloo, plural beilloo)

1. person who is dumb (unable to speak)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balloo	valloo	malloo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.