balg

Dutch (Brabantic)

/bɑlx/

noun
Definitions
  • leather bag
  • bellows
  • (falconry) fake bait for training birds
  • cover for moving joints, as in articulated buses
  • (dialectal) belly

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch balch inherited from Old Dutch balg inherited from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (bag, skin, hide, bellows).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*balgiz

Gloss

bag, skin, hide, bellows

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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