billa

See also: Billa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

billa

  1. third-person singular past historic of biller

Galician

Billa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese billa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia or from Old French bille (stick); ultimately from Proto-Celtic *belyom (tree; trunk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbiʎɐ]

Noun

billa f (plural billas)

  1. spigot
    Synonyms: espicho, espita
  2. faucet
    • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia, Pontevedra: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 6:
      e correndo vanchese á bodega, abrironche as pipas, e sacaronche cheos de viño os caldeiros e olas, deixando abertas as billas, de maneira que todo o viño se foi pola bodega
      they ran into the wine cellar and opened the barrels; they took away cauldrons and pots filled with wine, leaving the faucets open so that all the wine slipped away by the cellar
  3. stick

Derived terms

References

  • billa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • billa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • billa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • billa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

billa f

  1. definite singular of bille

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

billa m

  1. marmelos tree

Declension

Yagara

Noun

billa

  1. Alternative form of pilla.

References

  • The Courier-Mail, 28 August 1933, "MEANING OF INDOOROOPILLY.".
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