baluga

Galician

Alternative forms

• bagulla

Etymology

14th century. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia ballūca, "nugget", attested by Pliny the Elder and Martial (cf. ballūx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈluɣa̝/

Noun

baluga m (plural balugas)

1. lump, nugget or dollop of butter

   Synonym: pela

Related terms

• baluz

References

• “baluga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baluga”, 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), “baluga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baluga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈluɡaʔ/ [bɐˈluː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -uɡaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧lu‧ga

Noun

balugà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜄ) (derogatory)

1. half-breed Aeta (with predominating Negroid features)

Alternative forms

• baloga — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Baluga

See also

• Agta
• negrito

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈluɡa/ [bɐˈluː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧lu‧ga

Adjective

baluga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜄ)

1. (Batangas, in some districts) somewhat salty (of water)
2. (obsolete) mixed; having something mixed in (of solutions)

Derived terms

• balugang tubig
• balugang-alat

Further reading

• “baluga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• bulaga