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maleta

See also: Maleta and Małeta

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish maleta.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta
  • IPA(key): /maˈleta/ [maˈl̪e.ta]

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maléta

  1. suitcase, briefcase
  2. valise, trunk
    Synonyms: baul, kaban

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French malete, diminutive of male (“leather bag”). Cognate with contemporary French mallette (“briefcase”).

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maleta f (plural maletes)

  1. suitcase

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Central Tarahumara

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

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maleta

  1. rifle case

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  • Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎[1] (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 42
  • Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 28

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

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maleta

  1. suitcase

Estonian

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maleta

  1. abessive singular of male

Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since 1370. Ultimately from Old French malete, displacing maeta (13th century), from male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”). Compare English mail.

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maleta f (plural maletas)

  1. suitcase
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
      Et poso en suas maletas seu auer, et vesteusse moy rricament
      And she put her belongings in her suitcases, and dressed herself richly
  2. (figurative) hunchback
  3. (figurative) jobless and lazy person; vagrant
    Synonym: palanquín

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “maleta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maleta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “maleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “maleta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “maleta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish maleta and Portuguese maleta.

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maleta

  1. suitcase
  2. trunk

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta

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maleta f (plural maletas)

  1. suitcase
  2. bag
  3. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

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maleta f (plural maletas)

  1. suitcase (large piece of luggage)
    Synonyms: valija, petaca
  2. (Chile, Venezuela) trunk, boot (of a car)
    Synonyms: maletero, cajuela

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Descendants

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  • → Central Tarahumara: maleta
  • > Chavacano: maleta (inherited)
  • → Tagalog: maleta

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

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maleta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜆ)

  1. suitcase; valise

Yakan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

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maleta

  1. suitcase
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