bàla

Istriot

Etymology

Uncertain.

Either:

Ultimately both derive from Proto-Germanic *ballô, *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).

Noun

bàla f

  1. ball
  2. large bundle
  3. lie
  4. drunkenness

References

  • Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 35
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