baloco

• balouco

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare English ball or Latin bulla.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɔko̝/

baloco m (plural balocos)

1. earth clod

   Synonyms: adouvo, barroco, leiba, terrón

2. snowball
3. snowflake
4. club; walking stick; staff

   Synonym: moca

   • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:

     Palurdos que vos vestides,
     Como eu, de sayo de lá,
     Polainas, zocos, monteira,
     E un bo baloco na man

     Rustics that wear,
     as myself, with a woolen robe,
     gaiters, clogs, cap
     and a good staff in hand

5. foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

   Synonyms: abeluria, croque, dedaleira, estalote

6. hollow

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baloca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baloco”, 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), “baloco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baloco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

baloco

1. alternative form of loco