maleta
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta
- IPA(key): /maˈleta/
Noun
maléta
- suitcase
- valise, trunk
- Synonyms: baul, kaban
Catalan
Etymology
From Old French malete, diminutive of male (“leather bag”). Cognate with contemporary French mallette (“briefcase”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /məˈlə.tə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /məˈlɛ.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈle.ta/
- Homophone: meleta
Audio (file)
Noun
maleta f (plural maletes)
- suitcase
Derived terms
- maleter
Further reading
- “maleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “maleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “maleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Central Tarahumara
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
Noun
maleta
- rifle case
References
- Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101) (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 42
- Hilton, K. Simón; Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 28
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
Noun
maleta
- suitcase
Estonian
Noun
maleta
- abessive singular of male
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1370. Ultimately from Old French malete, displacing maeta (13th century), from male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”). Compare English mail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈletɐ]
Noun
maleta f (plural maletas)
- suitcase
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
- Et poso en suas maletas seu auer, et vesteusse moy rricament
- And she put her belongings in her suitcases, and dressed herself richly
- Et poso en suas maletas seu auer, et vesteusse moy rricament
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
- (figurative) hunchback
- (figurative) jobless and lazy person; vagrant
- Synonym: palanquín
References
- “maleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “maleta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “maleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “maleta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “maleta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Papiamentu
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Etymology
From Spanish maleta and Portuguese maleta.
Noun
maleta
- suitcase
- trunk
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈle.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈle.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈle.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta
Noun
maleta f (plural maletas)
- suitcase
- bag
- briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
Synonyms
- valise
Spanish
Etymology
From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) + -eta (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈleta/ [maˈle.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ma‧le‧ta
Noun
maleta f (plural maletas)
- suitcase (large piece of luggage)
- Synonyms: valija, petaca
- (Chile, Venezuela) trunk, boot (of a car)
- Synonyms: maletero, cajuela
Derived terms
- hacer la maleta
- hacer las maletas
Related terms
- maletín m
Descendants
- → Central Tarahumara: maleta
- Chavacano: maleta
- → Tagalog: maleta
Further reading
- “maleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta
- IPA(key): /maˈleta/, [mɐˈle.tɐ]
Noun
maleta
- suitcase; valise
Yakan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).
Noun
maleta
- suitcase