Unknown. Probably from asubstrate language, but ultimately fromProto-Indo-European. CompareEnglishball orLatinbulla.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlɔka̝/

baloca f (pluralbalocas)

1. potato
2. a potatoplant
3. chestnut

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baloca”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

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