bala
Portuguese
/ˈba.lɐ/
noun
Definitions
- bullet, projectile part of the l
- (Brazil) candy, sweet
- (Brazil) ecstasy pill
Etymology
Derived from French balle (ball, packet, bundle, bullet) derived from Middle French balle (package, large bundle) derived from Italian balla (ball) derived from *palla derived from Proto-Germanic *ballô (ball) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (bubble, round thing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰoln-
Gloss
bubble, round thing
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pallo Finnish
- abballinare Italian
- balla Italian
- ballotta Italian
- pallone Italian
- balle French
- balle de plastique French
- ballot French
- балл Russian
- bala Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoln- Proto-Indo-European
- antibalas Portuguese
- *balluz Proto-Germanic
- *ballô Proto-Germanic
- balle Old French
- bala Catalan, Valencian
- banh Vietnamese
- balle Middle French
- pelota Occitan
- បាល់ Central Khmer
- *ball Frankish
- *ballu, *balla Frankish
- ບານ Lao
- ball Crimean Tatar
- bala Malagasy
- bara Shona
- *palla lng
- bále Lingala