different between balsa vs baisa

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

English

Noun

baisa (plural baisas)

1. Alternative form of paisa

Anagrams

• Sabia, abasi

French

Verb

baisa

1. third-person singular past historic of baiser

Anagrams

• basai