baille

See also: baillé, báille, bâille, and bâillé

Asturian

Noun

baille m (plural bailles)

1. dance

Verb

baille

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of baillar

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• baila (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“time, period of time, while”). Cognate with German Weile, English while.

Noun

baille f

1. (Sette Comuni) moment, while

   An de spaitest an baille khimmich met diar.

   If you wait a moment I'll come with you.

Related terms

• bail

References

• “baille” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin baiula, from the feminine of baiulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/

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Noun

baille f (plural bailles)

1. tub
2. water

Descendants

• → Middle Low German: ballie
  • → Danish: balje
    • → Icelandic: bali
  • → Norwegian: balje
  • → Swedish: balja
• → Polish: balia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• labile