different between balla vs balsa

English

Alternative forms

• baller

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (nonstandard, slang) One who is a superior ball player (usually basketball).

Catalan

Verb

balla

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

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German valle, from Old High German falla, from fallan (“to fall”). Cognate with German Falle.

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

1. (Sette Comuni) trap

Declension

References

• “balla” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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): /bal?la/, [b?l?la]

Noun

ballá

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

Derived terms

• agballa

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz, *wall? (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?al???/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, nominative plural ballaí)

1. wall

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "balla" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

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

Both etymologies ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz (“ball”). Doublet of palla.

Noun

balla f (plural balle)

1. large bundle, torsello, bale, reap

   Synonyms: fagotto, fardello

2. falsehood, lie, malarkey

   Synonyms: bugia, frottola, fandonia

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

   Synonyms: palla, coglione

Derived terms

• imballare
• sballare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

balla

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

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)

Romansch

Noun

balla f (plural ballas)

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

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) bura
• (Surmiran) bora

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English bailly (“outer castle wall”), from Medieval Latin ballium (“bail, security”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa???/

Noun

balla m (genitive singular balla, plural ballachan)

1. (architecture) wall

Mutation

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

balla

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ball.

See also

• balla ur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??l.s?/, /?bæl.s?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?ls?/

Noun

balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)

1. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
3. A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

Translations

Descendants

• ? Irish: balsa

Further reading

• balsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• balsa tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Ba?als, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal

Afar

Noun

balsá f 

1. reputation

Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ls?/, [?b?ls??]
• Rhymes: -?ls?
• Syllabification: bal?sa

Noun

balsa

1. balsa (wood)

Declension

Derived terms

• balsapuu

Anagrams

• slaba

French

Noun

balsa m (plural balsas)

1. balsa (tree, wood)

Galician

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. raft
2. balsa (tree)
3. balsa (wood)

Further reading

• “balsa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

Noun

balsa m (genitive singular balsa)

1. balsa (tree, wood)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "balsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëlsë (whence also Inari Sami polssâ), of unknown further origin. Probably ultimately from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pal?sa/

Noun

balsa

1. palsa, mound, tussock

Inflection

Descendants

• ? Finnish: palsa
  • ? English: palsa
• Swedish: pals
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pals

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. raft
2. ferry

   Synonyms: ferryboat, ferribote

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?balsa/, [?bal.sa]

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. pool

   Synonym: charco

2. raft
3. ferry
4. balsa (tree)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: balsa
  • ? Irish: balsa
• ? Portuguese: balsa
• ? Tagalog: balsa

Further reading

• “balsa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal?sa

Noun

balsa

1. raft

Yogad

Noun

balsa

1. raft