baloco

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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North Moluccan Malay

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Verb

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baloco

  1. Alternative form of loco