balloo

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish balb.

Adjective

balloo (comparative balloo)

  1. silent, dumb
    Eshyn hoiggys çhaghter balloo she dooinney creeney eh. ― He who understands a dumb messenger is a wise man.
  2. tongue-tied

Noun

balloo m (genitive singular balloo, plural beilloo)

  1. person who is dumb (unable to speak)

Mutation

Mutation of balloo
radical lenition eclipsis
balloo valloo malloo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.