balea

From Proto-Basque *baLena, from Latin ballaena.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /balea/ [ba.le.a]

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

balea anim

1. whale

   Baleak itsas ugaztun handiak dira.

   Whales are big sea mammals.

• Basque-Icelandic Pidgin: balja

• “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

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

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.

balea f (plural baleas)

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

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom”). Compare French balai, from Gaulish *balano-.^[1]

balea f (plural baleas)

1. broom

• 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

balea

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