balyena
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- a whale; any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea
- (offensive) an obese person
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian ballena (whale) derived from Old Spanish ballena derived from Latin ballaen derived from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (whale).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάλαινα
Gloss
whale
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鯨
Emoji
🐋 🐳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- balaena Latin
- ballaen Latin
- ballaena Latin
- bālaena Latin
- phalaena Latin
- balena Italian
- phalène French
- ballena Spanish, Castilian
- ballenato Spanish, Castilian
- ballenero Spanish, Castilian
- φάλαινα Ancient Greek
- *bʰleh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- balyena Tagalog
- ballena Old Spanish
- balyena Masbatenyo
- ballen Huave