baula

Catalan

Etymology

From balda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbaw.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbaw.la]

Noun

baula f (plural baules)

1. link (in a chain)

Further reading

• “baula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “baula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “baula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “baula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpøyːla/

  Rhymes: -øyːla

Etymology 1

From Old Norse baula.

Verb

baula (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative baulaði, supine baulað)

1. (of a cow) to moo, to low
2. to make a loud (deep) noise; to bellow

Derived terms

• baul
• baula (noun)

Noun

baula f (genitive singular baulu, nominative plural baulur)

1. (colloquial) cow
2. the hyoid of a cod (or similar fish)

Etymology 2

From Danish bøjle, from an older bøgel, ultimately from the root of beygja (“to bend, curve”). Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bøygjel, Swedish bögel.

Noun

baula f (genitive singular baulu, nominative plural baulur)

1. U-bolt
2. (music) crook (length of tubing used to tune brass instruments)
3. (music) barrel (part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint)

Old Norse

Etymology

Of imitative origin.

Verb

baula

1. to bellow

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Danish: bøle
• Icelandic: baula
• Norwegian Nynorsk: baula
• Swedish: böla

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Spanish

Noun

baula f (plural baulas)

1. leatherback (species of sea turtle)

   Synonym: tora (Honduras, Nicaragua)

Further reading

• “baula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16