baula

From balda.

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

baula f (plural baules)

1. link (in a chain)

• “baula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “baula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpøyːla/

  Rhymes: -øyːla

From Old Norse baula.

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

• baul
• baula (noun)

baula f (genitive singular baulu, nominative plural baulur)

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

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

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)

Of imitative origin.

baula

1. to bellow

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

baula f (plural baulas)

1. leatherback (species of sea turtle)

   Synonym: tora (Honduras, Nicaragua)

• “baula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024