balea

See also: Balea, baleá, balẽa, and Bâlea

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *baLena, from Latin ballaena.

Pronunciation

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Noun

balea anim

1. whale

   Baleak itsas ugaztun handiak dira.

   Whales are big sea mammals.

Declension

Declension of balea (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	balea	balea	baleak
ergative	baleak	baleak	baleek
dative	baleari	baleari	baleei
genitive	balearen	balearen	baleen
comitative	balearekin	balearekin	baleekin
causative	balearengatik	balearengatik	baleengatik
benefactive	balearentzat	balearentzat	baleentzat
instrumental	baleaz	baleaz	baleez
inessive	balearengan	balearengan	baleengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	balearengana	balearengana	baleengana
terminative	balearenganaino	balearenganaino	baleenganaino
directive	balearenganantz	balearenganantz	baleenganantz
destinative	balearenganako	balearenganako	baleenganako
ablative	balearengandik	balearengandik	baleengandik
partitive	balearik	—	—
prolative	baleatzat	—	—

Descendants

• Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: balja

See also

• baleazale
• baleontzi

Galician

Balea

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlea̝/

Noun

balea f (plural baleas)

1. baleen whale
2. whale
   • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 79:

     et disso que despenderan en tres ueces que fora a San Cibrao a pinnorar a balea et a entregala ccc mor. et disso que ennas pinnaças et no trager da balea metera c mor. et quandor foronon o maestreescola et don Pedro Dias a San Cibrao con quinentos ommes et con xxx a caualo por tomar esta balea aos ommes do infante

     and he said that he spent, in three times that he went to San Cibrao to pawn the whale and to deliver it, 300 mor.; and he said that in the pinnaces and in the delivery of the whale he spent 100 mor.; and when the schoolmaster and lord Pedro Dias went to San Cibrao with five hundred peons and 30 mounted men, for seizing the whale from the prince's men

3. whalebone

Derived terms

• Balea
• baleato
• Baleato
• baleeiro

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom”). Compare French balai, from Gaulish *balano-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlea̝/

Noun

balea f (plural baleas)

1. broom

Derived terms

• baleadoira

References

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

Spanish

Verb

balea

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