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Galician
Etymology
14th century. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia ballūca, "nugget", attested by Pliny the Elder and Martial (cf. ballūx).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
baluga m (plural balugas)
- 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.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baluga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baluga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baluga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
balugà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜄ) (derogatory)
- half-breed Aeta (with predominating Negroid features)
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
baluga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜄ)
- (Batangas, in some districts) somewhat salty (of water)
- (obsolete) mixed; having something mixed in (of solutions)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “baluga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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