billarda

Galician

/biˈʎaɾða̝/

noun
Definitions
  • tipcat; a traditional Galician sport played with a stick and a rod pointed at both ends, the latter used as a ball

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French billard (rod, staff), bille (log, tree trunk, stick, small ball) derived from Proto-Celtic *belyos (tree) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰleh₃-

Gloss

flower, blossom, bloom, thrive, flourish, inflate, blow, swell, leaf

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

花

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