baloco
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Probably from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare English ball or Latin bulla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
baloco m (plural balocos)
- earth clod
- snowball
- snowflake
- 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
- Rustics that wear,
- foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
- hollow
References[edit]
- “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.