balsa

Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "qfa-sub-ibe" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːl.sə/, /ˈbæl.sə/
• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlsə/

balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)

1. A large tree, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 858: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
3. A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

• → Irish: balsa

• balsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• balsa tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal

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• IPA^(key): /balˈsa/ [bʌlˈsʌ]
• Hyphenation: bal‧sa

balsá f 

1. reputation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlsɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝ls̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): bal‧sa

balsa

1. balsa (wood)

• balsapuu

• slaba

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balsa m (plural balsas)

1. balsa (tree, wood)

• “balsa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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balsa f (plural balsas)

1. raft
2. balsa (tree)
3. balsa (wood)

• “balsa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

balsa m (genitive singular balsa)

1. balsa (tree, wood)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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From Proto-Samic *pëlsë (whence also Inari Sami polssâ), of unknown further origin. Probably ultimately from a substrate.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːsa/

balsa

1. palsa, mound, tussock

Even a-stem, ls-lss gradation
Nominative	balsa
Genitive	balssa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balsa	balssat
Accusative	balssa	balssaid
Genitive	balssa	balssaid
Illative	balsii	balssaide
Locative	balssas	balssain
Comitative	balssain	balssaiguin
Essive	balsan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person balsan balsame balsamet 2nd person balsat balsade balsadet 3rd person balsas balsaska balsaset

• → Finnish: palsa
  • → English: palsa
• Swedish: pals
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pals

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

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balsa f

1. balsa Lua error in Module:parameters at line 858: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
2. Lua error in Module:labels/templates at line 28: Parameter 2 is required. balsa (the wood of this tree)

• balsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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From Spanish balsa.

• Hyphenation: bal‧sa
• Rhymes: -alsɐ, -awsɐ

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. raft
2. ferry

   Synonyms: ferryboat, ferribote

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From French balsa.

balsa m (uncountable)

1. balsa

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From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "qfa-sub-ibe" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalsa/ [ˈbal.sa]

balsa f (plural balsas)

1. puddle, pool, pond

   Synonym: charco

2. raft
3. ferry
4. balsa (tree)

• → English: balsa
  • → Irish: balsa
• → Portuguese: balsa
• → Tagalog: balsa

• “balsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

• Hyphenation: bal‧sa
• IPA^(key): /balˈsa/, [bɐlˈsa]

balsá

1. raft

• lamo
• bangkilas
• timbugan

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balsa

1. raft