billa

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French

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billa

  1. third-person singular past historic of biller

Galician

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Billa

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese billa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia or from Old French bille (stick); ultimately from Proto-Celtic *belyom (tree; trunk).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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billa f (plural billas)

  1. spigot
    Synonyms: espicho, espita
  2. faucet
    • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia, Pontevedra: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 6:
      e correndo vanchese á bodega, abrironche as pipas, e sacaronche cheos de viño os caldeiros e olas, deixando abertas as billas, de maneira que todo o viño se foi pola bodega
      they ran into the wine cellar and opened the barrels; they took away cauldrons and pots filled with wine, leaving the faucets open so that all the wine slipped away by the cellar
  3. stick

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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billa f

  1. definite singular of bille

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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billa m

  1. marmelos tree

Declension

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Yagara

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Noun

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billa

  1. Alternative form of pilla.

References

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  • The Courier-Mail, 28 August 1933, "MEANING OF INDOOROOPILLY.".