Wiktionary

balsa

See also: Balsa and balsą

English edit

 
balsa tree flower
 
balsa wood used as construction material

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

  • → Irish: balsa

Translations edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /balˈsa/, [bʌlˈsʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun edit

balsá f 

  1. reputation

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

balsa

  1. balsa (wood)

Declension edit

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
abessive balsatta balsoitta
instructive — balsoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative balsani balsani
accusative nom. balsani balsani
gen. balsani
genitive balsani balsojeni
balsainirare
partitive balsaani balsojani
inessive balsassani balsoissani
elative balsastani balsoistani
illative balsaani balsoihini
adessive balsallani balsoillani
ablative balsaltani balsoiltani
allative balsalleni balsoilleni
essive balsanani balsoinani
translative balsakseni balsoikseni
abessive balsattani balsoittani
instructive — —
comitative — balsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative balsasi balsasi
accusative nom. balsasi balsasi
gen. balsasi
genitive balsasi balsojesi
balsaisirare
partitive balsaasi balsojasi
inessive balsassasi balsoissasi
elative balsastasi balsoistasi
illative balsaasi balsoihisi
adessive balsallasi balsoillasi
ablative balsaltasi balsoiltasi
allative balsallesi balsoillesi
essive balsanasi balsoinasi
translative balsaksesi balsoiksesi
abessive balsattasi balsoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — balsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative balsamme balsamme
accusative nom. balsamme balsamme
gen. balsamme
genitive balsamme balsojemme
balsaimmerare
partitive balsaamme balsojamme
inessive balsassamme balsoissamme
elative balsastamme balsoistamme
illative balsaamme balsoihimme
adessive balsallamme balsoillamme
ablative balsaltamme balsoiltamme
allative balsallemme balsoillemme
essive balsanamme balsoinamme
translative balsaksemme balsoiksemme
abessive balsattamme balsoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — balsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative balsanne balsanne
accusative nom. balsanne balsanne
gen. balsanne
genitive balsanne balsojenne
balsainnerare
partitive balsaanne balsojanne
inessive balsassanne balsoissanne
elative balsastanne balsoistanne
illative balsaanne balsoihinne
adessive balsallanne balsoillanne
ablative balsaltanne balsoiltanne
allative balsallenne balsoillenne
essive balsananne balsoinanne
translative balsaksenne balsoiksenne
abessive balsattanne balsoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — balsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative balsansa balsansa
accusative nom. balsansa balsansa
gen. balsansa
genitive balsansa balsojensa
balsainsarare
partitive balsaansa balsojaan
balsojansa
inessive balsassaan
balsassansa 		balsoissaan
balsoissansa
elative balsastaan
balsastansa 		balsoistaan
balsoistansa
illative balsaansa balsoihinsa
adessive balsallaan
balsallansa 		balsoillaan
balsoillansa
ablative balsaltaan
balsaltansa 		balsoiltaan
balsoiltansa
allative balsalleen
balsallensa 		balsoilleen
balsoillensa
essive balsanaan
balsanansa 		balsoinaan
balsoinansa
translative balsakseen
balsaksensa 		balsoikseen
balsoiksensa
abessive balsattaan
balsattansa 		balsoittaan
balsoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — balsoineen
balsoinensa

Derived terms edit

compounds

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

balsa m (plural balsas)

  1. balsa (tree, wood)

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

  • “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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

Noun edit

balsa m (genitive singular balsa)

  1. balsa (tree, wood)

Declension edit

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 edit

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 edit

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *pëlsë (whence also Inari Sami polssâ), of unknown further origin. Probably ultimately from a substrate.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalːsa/

Noun edit

balsa

  1. palsa, mound, tussock

Inflection edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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balsa

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

balsa f (related adjective balsowy)

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

Declension edit

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

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation edit

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

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

Noun edit

balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. raft
  2. ferry
    Synonym: ferryboat

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French balsa.

Noun edit

balsa m (uncountable)

  1. balsa

Declension edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. puddle, pool, pond
    Synonym: charco
  2. raft
  3. ferry
  4. balsa (tree)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

balsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐ)

  1. raft

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Yogad edit

Noun edit

balsa

  1. raft
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