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belja.

to roar, to bellow

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɛlja]
  1. to roar, to bellow

    intransitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse belja (“bellow, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to roar”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare German bellen, English bellow, Luxembourgish billen.

noun[ˈpɛlja]
  1. cow

    feminine · informal
  2. fat woman, plump woman

    derogatory · feminine
  3. disgusting woman; bitch

    derogatory · feminine · offensive
  4. box wine

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

An imitative derivative of sense 1. The box wine meaning may be derived from the fact that one "milks" the box wine to get the wine.

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