baloco

Galician

Alternative forms

• balouco

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare English ball or Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɔko̝/

Noun

baloco m (plural balocos)

1. earth clod

   Synonyms: adouvo, barroco, leiba, terrón

2. snowball
3. snowflake
4. club; walking stick; staff

   Synonym: moca

   • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:

     Palurdos que vos vestides,
     Como eu, de sayo de lá,
     Polainas, zocos, monteira,
     E un bo baloco na man

     Rustics that wear,
     as myself, with a woolen robe,
     gaiters, clogs, cap
     and a good staff in hand

5. foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

   Synonyms: abeluria, croque, dedaleira, estalote

6. hollow

References

• “baloca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “baloco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “baloco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “baloco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.