balla

See also: Balla, ballà, and baļļa

English

Noun

balla (plural ballas)

1. (slang, nonstandard) Alternative form of baller (all senses except "person who divides molten metal")
   • 2011 July 12, Laura Goode, Sister Mischief‎, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 275:

     "Holla, balla," she calls when she sees me approaching. "What's crappenin'?" "You old polecat sonuvabitch,” I crow, tackling her. "You planned a 4H meeting without me."

Catalan

Verb

balla

1. inflection of ballar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cimbrian

Noun

balla f (plural balln)

1. (Mezzaselva) alternative form of valla

Declension

Declension of balla – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	balla	de	balln
accusative	an	de	balla	de	balln
dative	anara	dar	balln	in	balln

Faroese

Etymology

Related to sense 3 of English bale (“to wrap into a bale”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

Verb

balla (third person singular past indicative ballaði, third person plural past indicative ballað, supine ballað)

1. to wrap

Conjugation

Conjugation of balla (group v-30)

infinitive	balla
supine	ballað
	present	past
first singular	balli	ballaði
second singular	ballar	ballaði
third singular	ballar	ballaði
plural	balla	ballaðu
participle (a6)1	ballandi	ballaður
	imperative
singular	balla!
plural	ballið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Balla”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ballas, ballât

Verb

balla

1. third-person singular past historic of baller

Icelandic

Noun

balla

1. indefinite genitive plural of böllur

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧lá
• IPA^(key): /balˈla/, [bɐlˈla]

Noun

ballá

1. frenzy
2. (medicine) rabies
3. white fish

Derived terms

• agballa