baloco

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare English ball or Latin bulla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈlɔko̝/

Noun

baloco m (plural balocos)

  1. earth clod
    Synonyms: adouvo, barroco, leiba, terrón
  2. snowball
  3. snowflake
  4. club; walking stick; staff
    Synonym: moca
    • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:
      Palurdos que vos vestides,
      Como eu, de sayo de lá,
      Polainas, zocos, monteira,
      E un bo baloco na man
      Rustics that wear,
      as myself, with a woolen robe,
      gaiters, clogs, cap
      and a good staff in hand
  5. foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
    Synonyms: abeluria, croque, dedaleira, estalote
  6. hollow

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