balata
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
balata (countable and uncountable, plural balatas)
- Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
- 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 215:
- ‘She tall like a balata tree, her skin black like midnight.’
- The latex obtained from this tree.
Translations edit
tree
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latex
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Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balata
- balata (tree Manilkara bidentata)
- bulletwood (timber from this tree)
Declension edit
Inflection of balata (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | balata | balatat | ||
genitive | balatan | balatojen | ||
partitive | balataa | balatoja | ||
illative | balataan | balatoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | balata | balatat | ||
accusative | nom. | balata | balatat | |
gen. | balatan | |||
genitive | balatan | balatojen balatainrare | ||
partitive | balataa | balatoja | ||
inessive | balatassa | balatoissa | ||
elative | balatasta | balatoista | ||
illative | balataan | balatoihin | ||
adessive | balatalla | balatoilla | ||
ablative | balatalta | balatoilta | ||
allative | balatalle | balatoille | ||
essive | balatana | balatoina | ||
translative | balataksi | balatoiksi | ||
abessive | balatatta | balatoitta | ||
instructive | — | balatoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Noun edit
balata m (plural balatas)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balata f
- (countable) balata (Manilkara bidentata)
- (uncountable) balata (latex acquired from the tree)
Declension edit
Declension of balata
Further reading edit
- balata in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, maybe from Arabic بَلَاط (balāṭ) or French
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balata f (plural balati)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
balata f (plural balatas)
- brake lining
- Synonym: ferodo
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “balata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
From English balata, from Spanish.
Noun edit
balata
Verb edit
balata
- to bullwhip