balea

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See also: Balea, baleá, balẽa, and Bâlea

Basque

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *baLena, from Latin ballaena.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /balea/ [ba.le.a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Hyphenation: ba‧le‧a

Noun

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balea anim

  1. whale
    Baleak itsas ugaztun handiak dira.
    Whales are big sea mammals.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: balja

References

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  1. ^ balea” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • balea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • balea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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Balea

Attested since the 13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina). Compare Portuguese baleia, Spanish ballena, or Basque balea.

Noun

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balea f (plural baleas)

  1. baleen whale
  2. (broadly) whale
  3. whalebone
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Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (broom). Compare French balai, from Gaulish *balano-.[1]

Noun

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balea f (plural baleas)

  1. broom
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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 53-54

Spanish

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Verb

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balea

  1. inflection of balear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative