balea

See also: Balea, baleá, balẽa, and Bâlea

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *baLena, from Latin ballaena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balea/ [ba.le.a]

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• Rhymes: -ea, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧le‧a

Noun

balea anim

1. whale

   Baleak itsas ugaztun handiak dira.

   Whales are big sea mammals.

Declension

Declension of balea (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	balea	balea	baleak
ergative	baleak	baleak	baleek
dative	baleari	baleari	baleei
genitive	balearen	balearen	baleen
comitative	balearekin	balearekin	baleekin
causative	balearengatik	balearengatik	baleengatik
benefactive	balearentzat	balearentzat	baleentzat
instrumental	baleaz	baleaz	baleez
inessive	balearengan	balearengan	baleengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	balearengana	balearengana	baleengana
terminative	balearenganaino	balearenganaino	baleenganaino
directive	balearenganantz	balearenganantz	baleenganantz
destinative	balearenganako	balearenganako	baleenganako
ablative	balearengandik	balearengandik	baleengandik
partitive	balearik	—	—
prolative	baleatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• balea urdin
• balea-arrantza (“whaling”)
• balea-bizar
• baleatzar
• baleazale (“whaler”)
• baleontzi

Descendants

• Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: balja

Further reading

• “balea”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “balea”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlea/ [baˈle.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ea

Etymology 1

Balea

Attested since the 13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina). Compare Portuguese baleia, Spanish ballena, or Basque balea.

Noun

balea f (plural baleas)

1. baleen whale
2. (loosely) whale
3. whalebone

Derived terms

• Balea
• balea anana
• balea azul
• balea cincenta
• balea de Groenlandia
• balea franca austral
• balea franca do Pacífico
• balea vasca
• Baleato
• baleato
• baleeiro
• tiburón balea

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom”). Compare French balai, from Gaulish *balano-.

Noun

balea f (plural baleas)

1. broom

Derived terms

• baleadoira
• balear

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “balea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “balea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Verb

balea

1. inflection of balear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative