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balsa

See also: Balsa and balsą

English

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balsa tree flower
 
balsa wood used as construction material

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?]. Not related to balsam.

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Noun

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balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)

  1. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, 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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Irish: balsa

Translations

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Further reading

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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

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balsá f 

  1. reputation

Eskayan

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balsa

  1. wooden boat

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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balsa

  1. balsa (wood)

Declension

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Inflection of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative balsa balsat
genitive balsan balsojen
partitive balsaa balsoja
illative balsaan balsoihin
singular plural
nominative balsa balsat
accusative nom. balsa balsat
gen. balsan
genitive balsan balsojen
balsain rare
partitive balsaa balsoja
inessive balsassa balsoissa
elative balsasta balsoista
illative balsaan balsoihin
adessive balsalla balsoilla
ablative balsalta balsoilta
allative balsalle balsoille
essive balsana balsoina
translative balsaksi balsoiksi
abessive balsatta balsoitta
instructive — balsoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative balsani balsani
accusative nom. balsani balsani
gen. balsani
genitive balsani balsojeni
balsaini rare
partitive balsaani balsojani
inessive balsassani balsoissani
elative balsastani balsoistani
illative balsaani balsoihini
adessive balsallani balsoillani
ablative balsaltani balsoiltani
allative balsalleni balsoilleni
essive balsanani balsoinani
translative balsakseni balsoikseni
abessive balsattani balsoittani
instructive — —
comitative — balsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative balsasi balsasi
accusative nom. balsasi balsasi
gen. balsasi
genitive balsasi balsojesi
balsaisi rare
partitive balsaasi balsojasi
inessive balsassasi balsoissasi
elative balsastasi balsoistasi
illative balsaasi balsoihisi
adessive balsallasi balsoillasi
ablative balsaltasi balsoiltasi
allative balsallesi balsoillesi
essive balsanasi balsoinasi
translative balsaksesi balsoiksesi
abessive balsattasi balsoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — balsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative balsamme balsamme
accusative nom. balsamme balsamme
gen. balsamme
genitive balsamme balsojemme
balsaimme rare
partitive balsaamme balsojamme
inessive balsassamme balsoissamme
elative balsastamme balsoistamme
illative balsaamme balsoihimme
adessive balsallamme balsoillamme
ablative balsaltamme balsoiltamme
allative balsallemme balsoillemme
essive balsanamme balsoinamme
translative balsaksemme balsoiksemme
abessive balsattamme balsoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — balsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative balsanne balsanne
accusative nom. balsanne balsanne
gen. balsanne
genitive balsanne balsojenne
balsainne rare
partitive balsaanne balsojanne
inessive balsassanne balsoissanne
elative balsastanne balsoistanne
illative balsaanne balsoihinne
adessive balsallanne balsoillanne
ablative balsaltanne balsoiltanne
allative balsallenne balsoillenne
essive balsananne balsoinanne
translative balsaksenne balsoiksenne
abessive balsattanne balsoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — balsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative balsansa balsansa
accusative nom. balsansa balsansa
gen. balsansa
genitive balsansa balsojensa
balsainsa rare
partitive balsaansa balsojaan
balsojansa
inessive balsassaan
balsassansa 		balsoissaan
balsoissansa
elative balsastaan
balsastansa 		balsoistaan
balsoistansa
illative balsaansa balsoihinsa
adessive balsallaan
balsallansa 		balsoillaan
balsoillansa
ablative balsaltaan
balsaltansa 		balsoiltaan
balsoiltansa
allative balsalleen
balsallensa 		balsoilleen
balsoillensa
essive balsanaan
balsanansa 		balsoinaan
balsoinansa
translative balsakseen
balsaksensa 		balsoikseen
balsoiksensa
abessive balsattaan
balsattansa 		balsoittaan
balsoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — balsoineen
balsoinensa

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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balsa m (plural balsas)

  1. balsa (tree, wood)

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

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Noun

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balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. raft; also raft-like group of trunks which are left to flow downriver
  2. dam
  3. balsa (tree)
  4. balsa (wood)

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

Noun

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balsa m (genitive singular balsa)

  1. balsa (tree, wood)

Declension

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Declension of balsa (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative balsa
vocative a bhalsa
genitive balsa
dative balsa
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an balsa
genitive an bhalsa
dative leis an mbalsa
don bhalsa

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Mutated forms of balsa
radical lenition eclipsis
balsa bhalsa mbalsa

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

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalːsa/

Noun

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balsa

  1. palsa, mound, tussock

Inflection

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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

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
 
balsa

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balsa f (related adjective balsowy)

  1. balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
  2. balsa (wood of this tree)

Declension

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Declension of balsa
singular plural
nominative balsa balsy
genitive balsy bals
dative balsie balsom
accusative balsę balsy
instrumental balsą balsami
locative balsie balsach
vocative balso balsy

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Spanish balsa.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.sɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbaw.sa/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɐ, (Brazil) -awsɐ
  • Hyphenation: bal‧sa

Noun

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balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. raft
  2. ferry
    Synonym: ferryboat

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French balsa.

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balsa m (uncountable)

  1. balsa

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative balsa balsaul
genitive-dative balsa balsaului
vocative balsaule

Spanish

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Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalsa/ [ˈbal.sa]
  • Rhymes: -alsa
  • Syllabification: bal‧sa

Noun

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balsa f (plural balsas)

  1. puddle, pool, pond
    Synonym: charco
  2. raft
  3. ferry
  4. balsa (tree)

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

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Noun

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balsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐ)

  1. raft

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Yogad

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Noun

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balsa

  1. raft
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