balsa

See also: Balsa and balsą

English

balsa tree flower

balsa wood used as construction material

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia [Term?], probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?]. Not related to balsam.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːl.sə/, /ˈbæl.sə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlsə/

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.

Descendants

• → Irish: balsa

Translations

a tree

• Bulgarian: балсово дърво (balsovo dǎrvo)
• Finnish: balsa (fi)
• French: balsa (fr) m
• German: Balsabaum (de) m
• Hawaiian: haulāpa
• Hebrew: עץ‎ (he) (ets)
• Irish: balsa m
• Italian: balsa (it) m
• Persian: بالسا‎
• Polish: balsa (pl) f
• Portuguese: balsa (pt) f
• Romanian: balsa (ro) m

wood

• Bulgarian: балсово дърво (balsovo dǎrvo)
• Czech: balza f
• Finnish: balsa (fi)
• French: balsa (fr) m
• German: Balsa (de) n, Balsaholz (de) n
• Hawaiian: haulāpa
• Hebrew: עץ‎ (he) (ets)
• Irish: balsa m
• Polish: balsa (pl) f
• Portuguese: balsa (pt) f
• Romanian: balsa (ro) m

a raft or float

• Bulgarian: лек сал (lek sal)
• Hebrew: רפסודה‎ (he) (rafsoda)

Further reading

• balsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• balsa tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌlˈsʌ/
• Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun

balsá f 

1. reputation

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlsɑ/, [ˈbɑls̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): bal‧sa

Noun

balsa

1. balsa (wood)

Declension

Inflection of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		balsa	balsat
genitive		balsan	balsojen
partitive		balsaa	balsoja
illative		balsaan	balsoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		balsa	balsat
accusative	nom.	balsa	balsat
	gen.	balsan
genitive		balsan	balsojen balsainrare
partitive		balsaa	balsoja
inessive		balsassa	balsoissa
elative		balsasta	balsoista
illative		balsaan	balsoihin
adessive		balsalla	balsoilla
ablative		balsalta	balsoilta
allative		balsalle	balsoille
essive		balsana	balsoina
translative		balsaksi	balsoiksi
instructive		—	balsoin
abessive		balsatta	balsoitta
comitative		—	balsoineen

Possessive forms of balsa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	balsani	balsamme
2nd person	balsasi	balsanne
3rd person	balsansa

Derived terms

• balsapuu

Anagrams

• slaba

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

balsa m (plural balsas)

1. balsa (tree, wood)

Further reading

• “balsa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalsɐ]

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. raft; also raft-like group of trunks which are left to flow downriver
2. dam
3. balsa (tree)
4. balsa (wood)

References

• “balsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “balsa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “balsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “balsa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “balsa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

Noun

balsa m (genitive singular balsa)

1. balsa (tree, wood)

Declension

Declension of balsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative balsa Vocative a bhalsa Genitive balsa Dative balsa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an balsa Genitive an bhalsa Dative leis an mbalsa don bhalsa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balsa	bhalsa	mbalsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “balsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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): /ˈpalːsa/

Noun

balsa

1. palsa, mound, tussock

Inflection

Even a-stem, ls-lss gradation
Nominative	balsa
Genitive	balssa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balsa	balssat
Accusative	balssa	balssaid
Genitive	balssa	balssaid
Illative	balsii	balssaide
Locative	balssas	balssain
Comitative	balssain	balssaiguin
Essive	balsan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person balsan balsame balsamet 2nd person balsat balsade balsadet 3rd person balsas balsaska balsaset

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alsa
• Syllabification: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa f

1. balsa, Ochroma pyramidale
2. balsa (the wood of this tree)

Declension

Declension of balsa

	singular	plural
nominative	balsa	balsy
genitive	balsy	bals
dative	balsie	balsom
accusative	balsę	balsy
instrumental	balsą	balsami
locative	balsie	balsach
vocative	balso	balsy

Derived terms

adjective

• balsowy

 

Further reading

• balsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.sɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.sɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw.sa/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.sɐ/ [ˈbaɫ.sɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɐ, (Brazil) -awsɐ
• Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. raft
2. ferry

   Synonym: ferryboat

Romanian

Etymology

From French balsa.

Noun

balsa m (uncountable)

1. balsa

Declension

declension of balsa (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) balsa	balsaul
genitive/dative	(unui) balsa	balsaului
vocative	balsaule

Spanish

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia [Term?], probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalsa/ [ˈbal.sa]
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Syllabification: bal‧sa

Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. puddle, pool, pond

   Synonym: charco

2. raft
3. ferry
4. balsa (tree)

Derived terms

• balsa de aceite
• balsa salvavidas
• balsero
• embalsar

 

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
• IPA^(key): /balˈsa/, [bɐlˈsa]

Noun

balsá

1. raft

Derived terms

• balsahan
• balsahin
• ibalsa
• magbalsa
• mamalsa

 

Related terms

• lamo
• bangkilas
• timbugan

Yogad

Noun

balsa

1. raft