belja

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛlja/ Rhymes: -ɛlja === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse belja (“bellow, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to roar”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare German bellen, English bellow, Luxembourgish billen. ==== Verb ==== belja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beljaði, supine beljað) (intransitive) to roar, to bellow ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Further reading ==== Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 372 === Etymology 2 === An imitative derivative of sense 1. The box wine meaning may be derived from the fact that one "milks" the box wine to get the wine. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Noun ==== belja f (genitive singular belju, nominative plural beljur) (informal) cow (derogatory) fat woman, plump woman (derogatory, offensive) disgusting woman; bitch (colloquial) box wine ===== Declension ===== == Occitan == === Alternative forms === bèlga === Adjective === belja m (feminine singular belja, masculine plural beljas, feminine plural beljas) Belgian