baluga

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

14th century. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia ballūca, "nugget", attested by Pliny the Elder and Martial (cf. ballūx).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈluɣa̝/

Noun

baluga m (plural balugas)

  1. lump, nugget or dollop of butter
    Synonym: pela

References
  • “baluga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “baluga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “baluga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “baluga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Adams, J. N. (2007) The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 13 February 2018, pages 236-237
  2. Cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ballico”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ga
  • IPA(key): /baˈluɡaʔ/, [bɐˈlu.ɣɐʔ]

Alternative forms

Noun

balugà

  1. (derogatory) half-breed Aeta (with predominating Negroid features)

Pronunciation 2
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ga
  • IPA(key): /baˈluɡa/, [bɐˈlu.ɣɐ]

Adjective

baluga

  1. (Batangas, in some districts) somewhat salty (of water)
  2. (obsolete) mixed; having something mixed in (of solutions)
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