balla

See also: Balla, ballà, and baļļa

English

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of baller (all senses except "person who divides molten metal")
   • 2011 July 12, Laura Goode, Sister Mischief‎^[1], Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 275:

     "Holla, balla," she calls when she sees me approaching. "What's crappenin'?" "You old polecat sonuvabitch,” I crow, tackling her. "You planned a 4H meeting without me."

Catalan

Verb

balla

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

Cimbrian

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

1. (Mezzaselva) alternative form of valla

Declension

Declension of balla – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	balla	de	balln
accusative	an	de	balla	de	balln
dative	anara	dar	balln	in	balln

Faroese

Etymology

Related to sense 3 of English bale (“to wrap into a bale”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Verb

balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, third person plural past indicative ballað, supine ballað)

1. to wrap

Conjugation

Conjugation of balla (group v-30)

infinitive	balla
supine	ballað
	present	past
first singular	balli	ballaði
second singular	ballar	ballaði
third singular	ballar	ballaði
plural	balla	ballaðu
participle (a6)1	ballandi	ballaður
	imperative
singular	balla!
plural	ballið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Balla”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ballas, ballât

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular past historic of baller

Icelandic

Noun

balla

1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧lá
• IPA^(key): /balˈla/, [bɐlˈla]

Noun

ballá

1. frenzy
2. (medicine) rabies
3. white fish

Derived terms

• agballa

Irish

Alternative forms

• falla (Munster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑl̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠə/
• Homophone: baladh (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, nominative plural ballaí)

1. (Connacht, Ulster) wall

Declension

Declension of balla (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative balla ballaí vocative a bhalla a bhallaí genitive balla ballaí dative balla ballaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an balla na ballaí genitive an bhalla na mballaí dative leis an mballa don bhalla leis na ballaí

Derived terms

• balla adóibe (“adobe wall”)
• balla beag (“bed-wall (in old houses)”)
• balla brící (“brick wall”)
• balla cloiche (“stone wall”)
• balla fód (“earthen wall”)
• balla fuar (“dry, unmortared, wall”)
• balla istigh (“inner wall; inner side of wall”)
• balla mór (“main wall”)
• balla taca (“breast-wall”)
• ballachlár (“wallboard”)
• ceannbhalla (“headwall; hanging wall”)
• cúlbhalla (“back wall”)
• donnóg an bhalla (“wall brown”)
• frithbhalla (“counterscarp”)
• idirbhalla (“party wall”)
• páipéar balla (“wallpaper”)
• taobh-bhalla (“side-wall”)
• uchtbhalla (“parapet”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of balla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
balla	bhalla	mballa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “balla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.la/
• Rhymes: -alla
• Hyphenation: bàl‧la

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

• From Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish *ballu.
• From Lombardic *palla, *balla.

Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla. Cognate with Sicilian baḍḍa, whence the dialectal doublet badda.

Noun

balla f (plural balle, diminutive ballétta or ballettìna, augmentative ballóna, pejorative ballàccia)

1. large bundle, bale, reap

   Synonyms: fagotto, fardello, torsello

2. falsehood, lie, malarkey

   Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia

3. (vulgar, usually in the plural) testicle, bollock

   Synonyms: palla, coglione

4. a stack or sheaf, especially of hay and other plants that come in blades

   Synonym: covone

Derived terms

• imballare
• sballare

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: بالیه (balya)
  • Turkish: balya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

balla

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈla/ [bʌlˈla]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /barˈra/ [bʌrˈra]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bal‧la

Noun

ballá

1. (Bauko) lung

   Synonym: bala

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of balla

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Sabangan	balla, (elderly) balla / barra
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	balla, (elderly) balla / barra, (Tanulong) ghalla

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “ballá”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 63

Lombard

Etymology

Possibly from Lombardic *palla or Frankish *ball.

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈballa/

Noun

balla f (plural ball)

1. ball

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalːa/, [ˈɓal.la]
• Hyphenation: bal‧la

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

balla (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ, semi-transitive ammalla)

1. (transitive) to hold or place on or in the fire to warm up

   Punna erokko attunu biralle, ballai rolo

   If you want to roast (young) corn, you must first hold or place the cob (husk and all) in the fire

   Punna lanupaballe, balla-ballai riolo

   If you want to use the medicine, you must first warm it a little on the fire

Derived terms

affixations

• ammalla

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bɨlla, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaq (“part of something split”)

Noun

balla (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ)

1. splitting (in various words)

Derived terms

compounds

• balla dada
• balla rambuʼ
• cincing balla rotang

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ballene

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

balla n pl

1. definite plural of ball (Etymology 2)

Portuguese

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of bala

Romansh

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

1. (sports, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ball

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) bura
• (Surmiran) bora

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *balla, from Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wallą (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɫ̪ə/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

1. (architecture) wall

Declension

Declension of balla (type III masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	balla	ballachan
genitive	balla	bhallachan
dative	balla	ballachan; ballachaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) balla	(na) ballachan
genitive	(a') bhalla	(nam) ballachan
dative	(a') bhalla	(na) ballachan; ballachaibh1
vocative	bhalla	bhallachan

¹ archaic or poetic form

Mutation

Mutation of balla

radical	lenition
balla	bhalla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “balla”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN, page balla

Swedish

Adjective

balla

1. inflection of ball:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

See also

• balla ur