# balsa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?]. Not related to balsam.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɔːl.sə/, /ˈbæl.sə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈbɑlsə/

### Noun

balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)
* A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
* (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
* A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

#### Derived terms

* balsawood

#### Descendants

* → Irish: balsa

#### Translations
### Further reading

* balsa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* balsa tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Labas, basal, balas, Baals, laabs, blaas, albas, baals, Baʿals, sabal, Ba'als, LABAs

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balˈsa/ [bʌlˈsʌ]
* Hyphenation: bal‧sa

### Noun

balsá f
* reputation

## Eskayan
### Noun

balsa
* wooden boat

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑlsɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝ls̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
* Hyphenation: bal‧sa

### Noun

balsa
* balsa (wood)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of balsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balsani
balsani
accusative
nom.
balsani
balsani
gen.
balsani
genitive
balsani
balsojeni balsaini $^{rare}$
partitive
balsaani
balsojani
inessive
balsassani
balsoissani
elative
balsastani
balsoistani
illative
balsaani
balsoihini
adessive
balsallani
balsoillani
ablative
balsaltani
balsoiltani
allative
balsalleni
balsoilleni
essive
balsanani
balsoinani
translative
balsakseni
balsoikseni
abessive
balsattani
balsoittani
instructive
comitative
—balsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balsasi
balsasi
accusative
nom.
balsasi
balsasi
gen.
balsasi
genitive
balsasi
balsojesi balsaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
balsaasi
balsojasi
inessive
balsassasi
balsoissasi
elative
balsastasi
balsoistasi
illative
balsaasi
balsoihisi
adessive
balsallasi
balsoillasi
ablative
balsaltasi
balsoiltasi
allative
balsallesi
balsoillesi
essive
balsanasi
balsoinasi
translative
balsaksesi
balsoiksesi
abessive
balsattasi
balsoittasi
instructive
comitative
—balsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balsamme
balsamme
accusative
nom.
balsamme
balsamme
gen.
balsamme
genitive
balsamme
balsojemme balsaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
balsaamme
balsojamme
inessive
balsassamme
balsoissamme
elative
balsastamme
balsoistamme
illative
balsaamme
balsoihimme
adessive
balsallamme
balsoillamme
ablative
balsaltamme
balsoiltamme
allative
balsallemme
balsoillemme
essive
balsanamme
balsoinamme
translative
balsaksemme
balsoiksemme
abessive
balsattamme
balsoittamme
instructive
comitative
—balsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balsanne
balsanne
accusative
nom.
balsanne
balsanne
gen.
balsanne
genitive
balsanne
balsojenne balsainne $^{rare}$
partitive
balsaanne
balsojanne
inessive
balsassanne
balsoissanne
elative
balsastanne
balsoistanne
illative
balsaanne
balsoihinne
adessive
balsallanne
balsoillanne
ablative
balsaltanne
balsoiltanne
allative
balsallenne
balsoillenne
essive
balsananne
balsoinanne
translative
balsaksenne
balsoiksenne
abessive
balsattanne
balsoittanne
instructive
comitative
—balsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
balsansa
balsansa
accusative
nom.
balsansa
balsansa
gen.
balsansa
genitive
balsansa
balsojensa balsainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
balsaansa
balsojaan balsojansa
inessive
balsassaan balsassansa
balsoissaan balsoissansa
elative
balsastaan balsastansa
balsoistaan balsoistansa
illative
balsaansa
balsoihinsa
adessive
balsallaan balsallansa
balsoillaan balsoillansa
ablative
balsaltaan balsaltansa
balsoiltaan balsoiltansa
allative
balsalleen balsallensa
balsoilleen balsoillensa
essive
balsanaan balsanansa
balsoinaan balsoinansa
translative
balsakseen balsaksensa
balsoikseen balsoiksensa
abessive
balsattaan balsattansa
balsoittaan balsoittansa
instructive
comitative
—balsoineen balsoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* balsapuu

### Further reading

* “balsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* slaba

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

balsa m (plural balsas)
* balsa (tree, wood)

### Further reading

* “balsa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbalsɐ]

### Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)
* raft; also raft-like group of trunks which are left to flow downriver
* dam
* balsa (tree)
* balsa (wood)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “balsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “balsa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “balsa”, 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), “balsa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “balsa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English balsa, from Spanish balsa.

### Noun

balsa m (genitive singular balsa)
* balsa (tree, wood)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
balsa
vocative
a bhalsa
genitive
balsa
dative
balsa
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an balsa
genitive
an bhalsa
dative
leis an mbalsa don bhalsa :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëlsë (whence also Inari Sami polssâ), of unknown further origin. Probably ultimately from a substrate.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpalːsa/

### Noun

balsa
* palsa, mound, tussock

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: palsa
** → English: palsa
* Swedish: pals
** Norwegian Bokmål: pals

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbal.sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Syllabification: bal‧sa

### Noun

balsa f (related adjective balsowy)
* balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
* balsa (wood of this tree)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* balsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* balsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Spanish balsa.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.sɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.sɐ/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbaw.sa/ [ˈbaʊ̯.sa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbal.sɐ/ [ˈbaɫ.sɐ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɐ, (Brazil) -awsɐ
* Hyphenation: bal‧sa

### Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)
* raft
* ferry
    Synonym: ferryboat

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French balsa.

### Noun

balsa m (uncountable)
* balsa

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque [Term?] or Iberian [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalsa/ [ˈbal.sa]
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Syllabification: bal‧sa

### Noun

balsa f (plural balsas)
* puddle, pool, pond
    Synonym: charco
* raft
* ferry
* balsa (tree)

#### Derived terms

* balsa de aceite
* balsa salvavidas
* balsero
* embalsar
* zorro de balsa

#### Descendants

* → English: balsa
** → Irish: balsa
* → Portuguese: balsa
* → Tagalog: balsa

### Further reading

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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balsa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /balˈsa/ [bɐlˈsa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: bal‧sa

### Noun

balsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐ)
* raft

#### Derived terms

* balsahan
* balsahin
* ibalsa
* magbalsa
* mamalsa

#### Related terms

* bangkilas
* lamo
* timbugan

### Anagrams

* labas, salba, sabal, salab, balas

## Yogad
### Noun

balsa
* raft