balea

== Basque == === Etymology === From Proto-Basque *baLena, from Latin ballaena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balea/ [ba.le.a] Rhymes: -ea, -a Hyphenation: ba‧le‧a === Noun === balea anim whale ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: balja === References === === Further reading === “balea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “balea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlea/ [baˈle.ɐ] Rhymes: -ea === Etymology 1 === Attested since the 13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina). Compare Portuguese baleia, Spanish ballena, or Basque balea. ==== Noun ==== balea f (plural baleas) baleen whale (loosely) whale whalebone ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom”). Compare French balai, from Gaulish *balano-. ==== Noun ==== balea f (plural baleas) broom ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “balea”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “balea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Verb === balea inflection of balear: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative