maleta
Bikol Central edit
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maléta
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French malete, diminutive of male (“leather bag”). Cognate with contemporary French mallette (“briefcase”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [məˈlɛ.tə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [məˈlə.tə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [maˈle.ta]
- Homophone: meleta
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Noun edit
maleta f (plural maletes)
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Further reading edit
- “maleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “maleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “maleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Central Tarahumara edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
Noun edit
maleta
References edit
- 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 edit
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From Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
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maleta
Estonian edit
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maleta
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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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Noun edit
maleta f (plural maletas)
- 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
- (figurative) hunchback
- (figurative) jobless and lazy person; vagrant
- Synonym: palanquín
References edit
- “maleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “maleta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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 edit
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From Spanish maleta and Portuguese maleta.
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maleta
Portuguese edit
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- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta
Noun edit
maleta f (plural maletas)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) + -eta (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maleta f (plural maletas)
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Related terms edit
- maletín m
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “maleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
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maleta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜆ)
Yakan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
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maleta