balmäs
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From an unattested adjective meaning “swelling,” possibly substantivised in Old Norse bolmr (“bear, mighty one,”) perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to blow, swell, inflate.”)
Verb
balmäs
- (intransitive) To bulge; swell.
Synonyms
- baljäs
Related terms
- balm