billa
See also: Billa
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
billa
- third-person singular past historic of biller
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
billa f (plural billas)
- spigot
- 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
- stick
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “billa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “billa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “billa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “billa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
billa f
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
billa m
- marmelos tree
Declension edit
Declension table of "billa" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | billo | billā |
| Accusative (second) | billaṃ | bille |
| Instrumental (third) | billena | billehi or billebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | billassa or billāya or billatthaṃ | billānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | billasmā or billamhā or billā | billehi or billebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | billassa | billānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | billasmiṃ or billamhi or bille | billesu |
| Vocative (calling) | billa | billā |
Yagara edit
Noun edit
billa
- Alternative form of pilla.
References edit
- The Courier-Mail, 28 August 1933, "MEANING OF INDOOROOPILLY.".