belja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛlja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlja

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare German bellen, English bellow, Luxembourgish billen.

Verb

belja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beljaði, supine beljað)

  1. (intransitive) to roar, to bellow
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

belja f (genitive singular belju, nominative plural beljur)

  1. (informal) cow
Declension
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