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Glossary of Mallorcan crafts

1581 words from Mallorca's traditional crafts, objects and architecture, with their definition and source entry.

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«A barcella per garba»: 70.34 l in the Balearic Islands; six barcelles. Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
«Al jorn del judici…»: first verse (to verify in the Seu version). Cant de la Sibil·la (Song of the Sibyl) →
«Anar com una aixeta»: have diarrhea (Mall., Men., Val.). Aixeta (tap) →
«Aquesta ganiveta ja no és esmoladora!»: no longer supports sharpening. Esmoladors (knife grinders) →
«Ara balla sa baldufa»: «now it is being done» (Mall.). Baldufa →
«Arada llarga i llaurador granat»: Mallorcan saying. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
«Bóta dolenta no fa bon vi»**; **«A bóta buidada no hi ha que punyir»: proverbs (Mall.). Bóta congrenyada i quartí →
«Cada pesca vol una esca»: Majorcan saying. Esca i encenalls →
«Carros de rei, llebres agafen»: power and money achieve everything (Mall., Men.). Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
«Caure quarteres de blat»: wheat that yields a lot; by extension, everything that is profitable (Mall.). Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
«Caure quarteres de blat»: rain on time (see mesures de gra ). Sembradora (sowing basket) →
«Clavar un cop d'esquella»: say nonsense. Esquella i picarol →
«Comprar en garba»: buy in bulk, without choosing (Aguiló). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
«D'ací a costa hi ha tres palangres»: about 450 strokes: the longline is a measure of distance in the sea (Mall.). Palangre (longline) →
«donar un gipó»: give a beating or scold hard (Mall., DCVB). Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
«Dur ses esquelles»: to command, to take direction (Mall.). Esquella i picarol →
«El bon pastor, sense escorxar ton»: saying (Mall.). Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
«Els carros no coneixen l'amo»: be careful that the cart does not trap whoever is driving it (Manacor). Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
«Es brot més apreciat / d'es teu cossiol voldria...»: Majorcan popular song (DCVB). Cossiol →
«Es dia de ses matances / és un dia de bordell...»: popular song (DCVB). Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
«Es floc ha de dir amb ses castanyetes»: saying: two things that must go together (DCVB). Castanyetes →
«Es marxando va a Alaró | tot carregat d'embarassos; | dones, si teniu pedaços, | los vos barat amb sabó»: Majorcan popular song. Marxandos and mercers (pedlars) →
«Esca de bolet»: beating (Mall.). Esca i encenalls →
«Esca del primer pic»: person who lights up immediately, irritable. Esca i encenalls →
«Esser com els ases d'Artà, que en veure es bast ja suen»: be very vague (Mall.). Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
«Esser com qui fa botifarrons»: be very easy (Mall.). Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
«Esser fet amb sa destral grossa i manejada d'es manobres»: be very coarse (Mall.). Destral i picassó →
«Fer cadufos»: chochear: «sa padrina ja fa cadufos» (Mall.). Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
«Fer la xeta a qualcú»: deceive him or prevent him from acting. Aixeta (tap) →
«Fer pleta d'una cosa»: destroy it (Mall.). Gaiato →
«Fer trucs i baldufes»: do what one wants (Mall.). Baldufa →
«Gaiato i senaieta, i viure esquena dreta»: it is said of someone who asks for alms while being able to work (Mall.). Gaiato →
«Girar-se la garba»: change luck for the worse. Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
«Guix i calç, tapen molts de mals»: saying. Guixers and emblanquinadors (plasterers and whitewashers) →
«Haver-hi que tondre»: have work or business (Mall.). Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
«Lligar dotze cercols a una bota... 5 sous»: price in 1558 (Catalan doc.). Bóta and cooper's tools →
«Macarrons gruxats, burbayó, fideus de malalt»: Penya, Majorcan poetry. Fideuers (noodle makers) →
«més beneit que una espardenya»: very short of understanding (Mall.). Espardenyes →
«més cremat que una espardenya»: very angry (Mall.). Espardenyes →
«Més sec que un carquinyoli»: very thin or very dry. Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
«Més xalest que unes castanyetes»: very happy (Mall.). Castanyetes →
«N'hi ha un esmolet vell»: girls' ring game (Bagà). Esmoladors (knife grinders) →
«Negar-se dins un cossiol»: drown in a glass of water (Mall.). Cossiol →
«Net i esporgat»: clean, without losses (Mall.). Empelt i navalla d'empeltar →
«Ni un per senyal»: not one (bal.). Livestock ear marks (senyal de bestiar) →
«No comencis sa garbera que no hagi passat Sant Pere»: saying (Mall.). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
«No poder anar ni amb currioles»: going very badly, without remedy (Cat., Mall., Men.). Corriola i politja →
«No sies estora!»: Mallorcan reprimand: “don't be a fool, don't do mischief!” (DCVB). Estora (palm mat) →
«No treure romana»: the two hooks. Romana (steelyard balance) →
«Passar l'arada davant els bous»: start the house from the roof (Mall., Men.). Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
«Pescador de canya i moliner de vent, no han mester notari per fer testament»: both jobs were poor (Mall.). Moliners →
«Ploure a portadores»: rain in torrents. Portadora (grape-carrying tub) →
«Posar xeta»: start selling wine at retail (Mall.). Aixeta (tap) →
«Posing oli in a cresol»: apply a quick and effective remedy. Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
«Puja es xot a sa romana, i tot d'una diu: Tant val»: weigh very little (Mall.). Romana (steelyard balance) →
«Quin safareig!»: jaleo (Penedès, not Mallorcan). Safareig →
«Sa casa és massa vella i l'haurem de tomar»: example of general use (DCVB). Harvesting carobs and almonds (canya de prendre) →
«Sa nostra figueralera / ha caiguda d'un cimal...»: popular gloss (Pons). Escala de figueraler (fig-picker's ladder) →
«Sa ximbomba ja no sona... perque té sa pell de ca i sa canya que no és bona»: copla (DCVB). Ximbomba →
«Segar sense manegots»: in a Majorcan popular song, a sign of hard work: «Com la vaig veure es matí / segar sense manegots...» (DCVB). Cuixals, manegots and didals (reaper's gear) →
«Sempre s'estira, com sa veta d'es marxando»: of something very elastic (Men.). Marxandos and mercers (pedlars) →
«Set aumuds no fan barcella»: rain in time for sowing. Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
«Són com una pila d'esportins de sa tafona»: Alcover comparison (DCVB). Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
«Tenedors, toneu ran ran, que es paraire no se queix»: shearing song, Mallorca. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
«Tenir fluixes ses currioles»: loose legs (Palma). Corriola i politja →
«Tenir picarol»: to be glib. Esquella i picarol →
«Tondre sense estisores»: deceive (Mall.). Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
«Tot lo dia corre amb la mola al coll»: song by Esmolet Vell (Bagà). Roda d'esmolar (mola) →
«Totes ses dones que hi ha / són gàbies enganadores»: Majorcan popular song (DCVB). Gàbia enganadora (decoy cage) →
«Treure's es bast a coces»: to get rid of something annoying by force (Mall.). Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
«Un cop de destral no fa caure un roure»: what is important requires constant effort. Destral i picassó →
«Uns morrals»: rude people (figurative use, Ignor., DCVB). Morral (shoulder bag) →
«Untar les currioles»: bribe (Cat., Bal.): «Qui unta més ses corrioles / sol essé es més preferit» (Ignor.). Corriola i politja →
«Va dexar ses xerxes y es palangres»: Mallorcan quote from the newspaper L'Ignorància (DCVB). Gànguil i xarxes →
«Visca Sant Antoni!»: shout that closes the events. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
«És com un covo»: is said of what rolls down the slope (Alcover, cit. DCVB). Cove (covo) i paner →

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abaixar: trim the hair from the cloth (technical sense to verify in DCVB). Cardes and tisores d'abaixar (carding and cloth shears) →
acalat: prepared, ready. Cuixals, manegots and didals (reaper's gear) →
acop: open and closed fig after drying (Mall.); acop flower (Sant Llorenç). Sequer and canyissos (drying racks) →
adobacossis: who fixes cossis and broken pieces of clay with wire (pronunciation documented in Palma and Llucmajor). Adobacossis and cordadors d'olles (pot menders) →
adobacossis i ribells: form of Manacor; echoes the cry of the traveling repairman. Adobacossis and cordadors d'olles (pot menders) →
adobar: tan the skin. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
adobar: cure with water (per verify use in Mallorca). Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
adobar: name of the trade in the artisan repertoire. Adobacossis and cordadors d'olles (pot menders) →
adobar xarxes: mend them. Gànguil i xarxes →
adober / adoberia: tanner; tannery. Blanquers and assaonadors (tanners) →
agranar: sweep. Graneres and graneretes →
agulla bastera: baster's needle. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
aiguardent: brandy. Alambiners and herbes de Mallorca (herbal liqueur) →
aiguardent: brandy. Alambí (still) →
aiguardenter: in Mall., fond of brandy; meló aiguardenter, melon that tastes like brandy. Alambiners and herbes de Mallorca (herbal liqueur) →
aixa: adze. Boters →
aixa: adze. Bóta and cooper's tools →
aixada / xada: Mallorcan double hoe. Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
aixovar: trousseau. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
aixovar: trousseau. Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
ala: folding leaf. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
alambiner: someone who distills with an alembic (craft of the artisan repertoire). Alambiners and herbes de Mallorca (herbal liqueur) →
alambiner: who distills (craft of the artisan repertoire). Alambí (still) →
alambí: alembic. Alambiners and herbes de Mallorca (herbal liqueur) →
alambí / alambic: alembic. Alambí (still) →
albarda / xalma: simple variants, only padding, without chests. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
alcarrassa: porous bottle to cool water. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
alena: awl. Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
alena torta: saddler's curved awl (Manacor). Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
alfàbega: basil, summer plant at parties. Sant Marçal and the Fira del Fang (Marratxí) →
alfàbia / aufàbia: jar (from the Arabic al-habiya). Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
aljub: covered cistern. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
aljub: cistern covered with rainwater. Safareig →
allioli: garlic and oil sauce mounted in the mortar. Morter (mortar) and maça →
almadrava: from Andalusian Arabic al-maḍraba. Almadrava →
almagre: red iron oxide. Siurells →
almud / aumud: it is said about what yields little (Mall.). Seven does not make six because the bushel is scarce. Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
alzinar: holm oak. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
amb brec: with pouring spout. Greixonera →
amollar sa xeta: open the tap. Aixeta (tap) →
anafre: portable clay stove. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
anar a tondre: go to cut ears of green barley to make bread in years of famine (Mall.). Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
anar amb so cul en es cossi: always go with misery (Manacor). Cossi i bugada →
anfàs: entry funnel. Nansa →
ansa de sotet: rope handle with a ring that distributes the load. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
anserol: strap handle that goes through the sole. Avarques (varques) →
antena: yard of the sail, formed by car (lower part) and penalty (upper part). Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
antena: yard of the sail (car + penalty). Llaüt (com a objecte) →
anyell: lamb. Vestit de Sant Joan Pelós →
aparador: crockery cabinet (not Mallorcan). Tinell →
aparadora: woman who sews the upper part of the shoe. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
aplicació: modeled clay piece that sticks to the body. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
ara que ets morter, para; quan seràs maça, ja picaràs: saying: the apprentice endures, he will command (DCVB, Men.). Morter (mortar) and maça →
arada: plow. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
aram: copper. Calderers and courers (coppersmiths) →
arbre: vertical axis. Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
arc: curved rocker arm. Balancí and tibulet (rocking chair) →
arca: annealing oven. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
arcó: wooden bast frame. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
arganells: load frame on the back to carry gerres. Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
argenter: silversmith. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
aro: round frame that tightens the fabric. Brodats i calats →
arquibanc: chest-bank. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
arquibanc: bench with storage box under the seat (DCVB). Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
arquibanc: bank with chests (form used in Mallorca). Esco →
arquibanc / artibanc: bank with chests. Arquibanc →
arquilla: chest, small desk. Escriptori and arquella (writing desk and casket) →
arrabassar: tear off the leaves of the garballó. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
arracada: earring. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
arrel: root. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
art de bou: trawling between two boats (bou fishing). Gànguil i xarxes →
arçó: wooden pommel. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
ase guixer / ase de guixer: donkey intended for transporting plaster (Mall.). Guixers and emblanquinadors (plasterers and whitewashers) →
assaonador: who marinates and finishes the skin. Blanquers and assaonadors (tanners) →
assaonador: tanner (per verify usage in Mallorca). Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
assecar: dry. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
atxa: large procession candle (per verify use in Mallorca). Cereria (candle makers) →
aubardà: Mallorcan rig (= packsaddle). Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
auca: sheet of vignettes with verses. Estampers and popular printing (Impremta Guasp) →
aufabeguera: basil bush. Cossiol →
aufabieta / aufabió: small alfàbia. Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
avarca / varca: rustic sandal with a leather sole. Avarques (varques) →
avarques: rustic leather or rubber sandals. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
Àguila: dancer of the Corpus Christi of Pollença. Costume and jewels of the Àguiles (Pollença) →
Àguiles: the dancers; The name comes from the ancient eagles of Corpus Christi (per verify). Corpus of Pollença: Àguiles and Sant Joan Pelós →

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bací: barber's basin (to verify Mallorcan usage). Barbers and surgeons →
badall: shooting hole. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
balancí: rocking chair. Balancí and tibulet (rocking chair) →
balca: synonym of bova (DCVB). Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
baldufa: top. Torners (wood turners) →
baldufa / boldufa (Manacor) / baldrufa (Petra, Vilafranca): top; pronunciation variants. Baldufa →
baldufa botera: rounded top made by a boater (Manacor). Boters →
baldufa dels pois: old baldufa that receives blows (Mall.). Baldufa →
ball de bot: Majorcan popular dance. Castanyetes →
ball de cossis: ancient Mallorcan popular dance of men alone (DCVB, doc. 1629). Cossi i bugada →
ball de cossis: name of the ss. XVII-XVIII. Cossiers d'Algaida, Pollença, Inca and others →
ball de les Àguiles: their dance. Corpus of Pollença: Àguiles and Sant Joan Pelós →
ball dels dimonis: dance that opens the party. Sant Antoni de Manacor →
ballar: turn the baldufa. Baldufa →
banc: bank. Esco →
banc d'abelles: apiary. Casera d'abelles (traditional beehive) →
banquet: stool; in Mallorca, footstool. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
Banya Verda: that of Montuïri. Dimoni mask and costume →
Banya Verda: name of the dimoni. Cossiers de Montuïri →
banyar: dip the wick in wax. Cereria (candle makers) →
barana: railing. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
baratar: barter. Marxandos and mercers (pedlars) →
barber: barber; formerly also a minor surgeon. Barbers and surgeons →
barbotina: liquid mud that serves as glue. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
barca coralera: coral boat (“una barca coralera ells ja prenen per assalt”, Costa i Llobera). Coralers →
barca de rem: one that moves by oars. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
barcella: sixth part of the barcella. Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
barquera: mountain area given up to uproot palm trees. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
barraca de s'era: era shelter (Mall.). Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →
barral: lined jug (Mall.); candy jar (Mall.). Barral (wine flask) →
barrella: plant from which soda was extracted. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
barreta: bar of thread that crosses a gap (d'aranya, from niu d'abella). Brodats i calats →
barreter / boneter: who makes barrets or bonets (without brim). "Boneters" is the traditional name in Mallorca. Capellers and barreters (hat makers) →
barrina: auger; wart burr, the one with spirals only at the tip (Mall.). Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
barrot: bar. Torners (wood turners) →
barrota: stick of the dimoni. Cossiers de Montuïri →
barxa: large, elongated transport sign. Senalla (palm basket) →
bast: loading rig on the back. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
bast: cargo chair. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
bast / albarda: tackle on which the sàrria is loaded. Sàrria i sarrió →
baster: who makes and fixes basts, seals and garnishes. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
baster / albarder: craftsman of basts and packsaddles. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
batall: clapper. Bell founders and bell ringers →
batall: clapper. Esquella i picarol →
batre: thresh. Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
batre de rems: put the oars in motion. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
Beata / Beateta: the saint; the girl who represents her. Festes de la Beata (Palma, Valldemossa, Santa Margalida) →
Beateta: girl who represents the saint. Carro triomfal de la Beata (triumphal float) →
beneïdes: blessings; by extension, the parade. Beneïdes of Sant Antoni de Muro →
beneïdes: blessing of animals and parade. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
bessó: feed the sitja. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
bestiar: cattle. Sineu Fair →
betlem: bethlehem. Betlem →
biel, malaguenya, borda, mitja mà, perol, treset, setze, catorze: pot carvings in Pòrtol. Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
biel, malaguenya, mitja mà, perol: size names in Pòrtol. Greixonera →
biga: joist. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
biga: beam-lever of the press. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
blanquer: tanner (“white” skins). Blanquers and assaonadors (tanners) →
blavet: blue paste to mark the drawing. Brodats i calats →
ble: cotton wick. Cereria (candle makers) →
ble: wick. Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
boga: anea (enea) for seats. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
boix: boxwood engraving. Goigs →
boixa: central piece of the wheel; in Mall., piece of iron that goes inside the hub and shelters the shaft. Cart and wheel makers →
bolitx: small trawl gear. Gànguil i xarxes →
boll: cascabillo, the shell of the grain. Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →
bomber: large, cylindrical and low greixonera. Greixonera →
bordons: fixed note tubes. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
bordons: fixed note tubes. Xeremies →
bossa: central bag. Fona →
bot: jump. Ball de bot and gloses (folk dance and improvised verse) →
botafora: stern bowsprit. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
boter: someone who makes wooden boats (and, in other areas, leather wineskins). Boters →
botifarró: stuffed with blood. Matances →
botilla: two-handled bottle for work. Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
botja: bower where the worm spins the cocoon. Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
botonada: series of buttons on the dress. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
botonada: row of precious metal buttons. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
botó: button. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
bova: cattail (Typha); in Mallorca, the usual fashionable form. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
bova: cattail (Typha), Majorcan name. Estora (palm mat) →
bova / boga: cattail (Typha latifolia, T. angustifolia); in Mallorca, bova. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
bova / boga: enea (Typha); In Mallorca they say bova. Esparto and basketry →
bova escabeiada: undone reed seat ("tres cadires unequals amb sa bova escabeiada", Mallorcan quote in the DCVB). Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
bracet: stick that holds the fusell (Sant Llorenç). Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
braguer: piece that distributes air to the staves. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
braguer: air distributor. Xeremies →
brandó: wax torch with several wicks (to verify use in Mallorca). Cereria (candle makers) →
brasera: layer of thin branch at the base, cooking witness. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
braça: fathom, rope measure. Potera (squid jig) →
braçolada / braçol: short line with hook. Palangre (longline) →
braços: lateral rods for an animal. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
bres: cradle (Mall.). Bres (bressol) →
bres emprat, arraconat: saying from Palma (DCVB): the used crib is put into a corner. Bres (bressol) →
bresca: honeycomb; bresca rodona, llarguera, bescunsera (Manacor, Llucmajor), travessera (Artà). Casera d'abelles (traditional beehive) →
bresca abegotera: of drones; bresca de sac — without honey (Manacor); walled bresca — sealed with wax (Mall.). Casera d'abelles (traditional beehive) →
bressol: cradle (general form). Bres (bressol) →
bressolar: rock (general form; check Majorcan usage). Bres (bressol) →
brin: strip of palm leaf. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
brin: strand or strip of fiber. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
brin: pulls the palm leaf. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
brins de corona: central and wider brins of the leaf. Graneres and graneretes →
broc / pitorro: drinking spout. Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
brodadora: woman who embroiders; in ancient cultural embroidery, brodador (man). Brodats i calats →
brodar: decorate a fabric with thread and needle. Brodats i calats →
brodat: «embroidery»: decoration of relief applications. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
brodat foradat: embroidery with cut-out holes. Brodats i calats →
brodat ple: embossed filling embroidery, usually white. Brodats i calats →
Broquers: shield dance (broquer = small shield). Cossiers of Manacor →
brossat / brossot: cottage cheese. Formatgera (cheese mould) →
bréndola: each spoke that joins the hub to the circumference of the wheel (Mall.); fig., crazy person. Cart and wheel makers →
bréndoles: spokes of the wheel. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
buc: body of the box. Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
budellera: woman who cleans the intestines (Mall.). Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
budells: guts. Matances →
bufador: blowing tube. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
bufador: blowing tube. Xeremies →
bufar: blow. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
bufet: writing table (Mall.). Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
bugada: strained with ash lye. Cossi i bugada →
buixarda: point hammer for texturing. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
burballó: soup paste smaller than burballes (Mall.). Fideuers (noodle makers) →
burballó: soup paste (Mall.). Premsa de fideus (noodle press) →
bóta: barrel. Boters →
bóta: barrel. Bóta congrenyada i quartí →
bóta: barrel. Bóta and cooper's tools →
bóta congrenyada: with wooden rings (Mall.). Bóta congrenyada i quartí →

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cadena: link necklace. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
cadeneta: chain-shaped stitch; basis of Mallorcan embroidery. Brodats i calats →
cadira: chair. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cadira: chair. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
cadira de repòs: armchair (Mall.). Cadira de repòs and llit de repòs (daybed) →
cadira paridora: birthing chair. Cadira paridora (birthing chair) →
cadiraire: popular form for someone who makes or repairs chairs (per verify usage in Mallorca). Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cadiram: set of chairs in a room. Cadira de repòs and llit de repòs (daybed) →
cadiram / cadirat: choir stalls. Cadiram de la Seu (cathedral choir stalls) and church furniture →
cadirer: who makes chairs (DECat). Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cadireria: chair workshop or shop. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cadires de Barcelona: chair model cited in 1780 (to verify typology). Canapè (Mallorcan settee) →
cadires plegadisses: folding chairs ("cadires planadisses", 1491). Cadira de repòs and llit de repòs (daybed) →
caduf / cadufo / catúfol: sinia bucket. Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
caixa: interior wall that covers the pot. Calciners and lime kilns →
caixa: chest of the arquibanc. Arquibanc →
caixa de mariner: sailor's chest. Mariner's box →
caixa de mariner: sailor's chest (see below). Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
caixa de núvia: bridal chest. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
caixa de núvia / caixa nuvial: trousseau chest. Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
caixa del marge: part of the margin that goes inside the foundations (DCVB, Mall.). Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
cala / aceró: parts of the iron: body and steel edge. Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
calafat: who seals hull joints. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
calafat: the trade. Caulker's tools (eines de calafat) →
calafatar: sealing ship joints (from late Greek kalaphatein or Arabic qalfaṭa). Caulker's tools (eines de calafat) →
calaix: drawer. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
calaix: drawer. Calaixera →
calaix: drawer. Canterano (chest of drawers with desk) →
calaixat: synonym of calaixera in sense 2 (DCVB). Calaixera →
calaixera: comfortable. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
calaixera: chest of drawers; in Mallorca, also a piece of furniture with many drawers. Calaixera →
calaixera de sacristia: drawer for ornaments. Cadiram de la Seu (cathedral choir stalls) and church furniture →
calaixereta / calaixerota: diminutive / augmentative (DCVB). Calaixera →
calaixet: little drawer. Escriptori and arquella (writing desk and casket) →
calamarera: synonym. Potera (squid jig) →
calat: unraveling or openwork work on the fabric. Brodats i calats →
calat: wall cut out with openings. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
calatraví: in the 20th century, the name of the whitewasher in Palma, after the neighborhood. Blanquers and assaonadors (tanners) →
calces: stockings. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
calceter: someone who makes hose and stockings. Tailors and hosiery →
calciner: who makes the lime (originally, who ran the business). Calciners and lime kilns →
calda: heat welding point. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
caldera: someone who makes or fixes boilers. Calderers and courers (coppersmiths) →
caldera: container where it is melted. Cereria (candle makers) →
caldera: cooking vessel. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
calderer: small boiler. Calderers and courers (coppersmiths) →
calderó: hemispherical copper container. Calderers and courers (coppersmiths) →
calç: lime; gives the white background. Siurells →
calç morta / amarada: slaked lime. Calciners and lime kilns →
calç viva: calcium oxide. Calciners and lime kilns →
calçat a l'antiga: traditional footwear accepted in the Beata: avarques, becauseres. Porqueres (Mallorcan work shoes) →
calçons amb bufes: puffed panties. Cossier and Dama costume →
calçons de bufa / amb bufes: wide underwear from the Mallorcan pagès. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
cama sofá: sofa bed. Canapè (Mallorcan settee) →
camaiot: thick sausage in the skin of the leg. Matances →
cambra: bedroom. Llit →
camelles: sticks that hold the coixí. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
campaner: who rings and takes care of the bells. Bell founders and bell ringers →
camí carreter: road along which cars pass. Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
camí de ferradura: narrow path, only for beasts. Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
canapè / ganapè: sofa. Canapè (Mallorcan settee) →
candela: candle (popular use). Cereria (candle makers) →
cantells: radial walls that limit the entrance. Calciners and lime kilns →
canterano: synonymous with comfortable (DCVB). Calaixera →
canterano: chest of drawers (Bal.); in Palma, also trousseau (DCVB). Canterano (chest of drawers with desk) →
canterano amb llit: bed furniture, announced in 1824 (Pou, 2016). Canterano (chest of drawers with desk) →
cantó: standard block. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
cantó: marès standard block. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
canya: cane (Arundo donax). Esparto and basketry →
canya: blow tube. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
canya: rod that is rubbed. Ximbomba →
canyeta: reed tongue. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
canyeta: reed tongue. Xeremies →
canyon: apron (on the 2024 dress). Festes de la Beata (Palma, Valldemossa, Santa Margalida) →
canyís: wattle of reeds. Sequer and canyissos (drying racks) →
cap: end, end or branch of a rope. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
capa vista: colored layer, the one that is stepped on. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
caparrot: in Mall., large head; also headache or stubborn person. Carassers and dimonis (festive mask makers) →
caparrot: in the windmill, the front part of the shaft that comes out of the tower and carries the antennas (Mall., Men.). Moliners →
caparrot: big-headed; in Mallorca also "head" or "stubborn" (DCVB). Caparrots and gegants (big heads and giants) →
caparrot: head of the windmill shaft. Tremuja and moles (miller's tools) →
caparrot: big-headed. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
capcer: buoyed end of the longline. Palangre (longline) →
capell: brimmed hat (I live in the Islands; in Catalonia it is called barret). Capellers and barreters (hat makers) →
capell: hat (croft + window). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell / capoll: cocoon of the worm. Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
capell alt / de trona / de moixina: with a high, flat crown (Mall., Men.). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell amb cruies: tricorn (Mall., Men.). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell d'anar alerta: very narrow-winged (Llucmajor). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell de pauma: palm leaf, wide-brimmed (Mall., Men.). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell de roda plena: made of wool or hair, with wide brims, that of the ancient masters (Mall.). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell de sarrió: from llatra, like that of a sarrió (Sineu). See sarria i sarrió . Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capell reveixinat: with a wing turned up very high (Mall.). Capell de palma (palm hat) →
capeller: one who makes or sells capells. Capellers and barreters (hat makers) →
capellet: finishing of the bow stem of the llaüt. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
capellet: finishing of the bow stem. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
capirot: conical hood. Capirot and confraternity robe →
capirot: conical hood. Holy Week: the Sang de Palma and the Davallament of Pollença →
capitell: capital where steam is collected. Alambí (still) →
caps de jou / llombrígol: extremes / center of the Mallorcan jou. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
Capta: collection and route on the morning of the 16th. Sant Antoni d'Artà →
capçal: header; also long pillow. Llit →
cara: cantilevered step. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
caragol: vertical spindle. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
caramull / feix: heap / bundle of dry palm. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
carapunat: hooded penitent. Capirot and confraternity robe →
carapunat: hooded penitent. Holy Week: the Sang de Palma and the Davallament of Pollença →
carassa: ancient cardboard figurative face; deformed face to be scary. Carassers and dimonis (festive mask makers) →
carasser / carassera: craftsman of carasses (repertoire craft). Carassers and dimonis (festive mask makers) →
carboner: carbonero. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
carda: board with a leather-covered handle bristling with wire spikes. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
carda: paraire instrument for combing wool. Cardes and tisores d'abaixar (carding and cloth shears) →
carda emborradora / emprimadora: the thick one for preparing; the fine one for carding. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
cardador: who cards (in the escut of the barreters). Cardes and tisores d'abaixar (carding and cloth shears) →
carena: crest of the garbera (Mall.). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
carener: ridge of the roof. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
careta: mask ("careta de lletja ganyota" from the dimonis, Rosselló). Carassers and dimonis (festive mask makers) →
careta: mask. Dimoni mask and costume →
carquinyol / carquinyoli: dry almond sponge cake. Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
carrau: children's rattle for Easter; The DCVB collects it in Catalonia and Valencia, not in Mallorca. Matraques (wooden rattles) →
carrer / pis: street and body of the altarpiece. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
carrer de la Boteria: Palma street documented since the 15th century. Boters →
carretada: 8 sàrries. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
carretell: wine barrel (mall.). Barral (wine flask) →
carreter: man who guides a cart. Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
carretó (de batre): truncated conical threshing roller (Mall., Men.). Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
carretó de molles: spring cart for people. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
carro de barrerons: Balearic cargo cart. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
carro de parell: two-animal cart with perxa (Mall.). Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
carro triomfal: chariot of honor. Carro triomfal de la Beata (triumphal float) →
carro triomfal: main carriage. Festes de la Beata (Palma, Valldemossa, Santa Margalida) →
carrossa: decorated carriage. Beneïdes of Sant Antoni de Muro →
casa de poble: town house. Furniture of the possessió, village house and Palma townhouse →
casal: urban manor house. Furniture of the possessió, village house and Palma townhouse →
cascavells / picarols: rattles. Cossier and Dama costume →
casera / caera / caiera: swarm. «Eixam de maig, jo me'n vaig» — the May one no longer stays (Mall.). Casera d'abelles (traditional beehive) →
cassola: in Mallorca, especially the stew; The container is the greixonera. Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
castanyera: pot with holes for roasting chestnuts. Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
castanyeta: in Mallorca also pot-bellied bottle (DCVB). Castanyetes →
castanyetes: castanets (Mall.). Castanyetes →
castanyetes de test: pieces of ceramic used as castanets by children. Castanyetes →
catalufa: reserve-dyed fabric documented in Mallorca in the 19th century. XVII. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
catifa: carpet-like central composition. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
cavall cotoner: Corpus cotton horse. Cavallet (cavall cotoner) →
cavall cotoner: Corpus Christi horse, made of fabric filled with cotton. Cavallets of Felanitx →
cavallet: little horse and its dancer. Cavallet (cavall cotoner) →
cavallet: dancer with a horse. Cavallets of Felanitx →
cavalls: two-man vertical frame saw (Mall.). Wood saws: serra de cadastre and verduc →
cendrer: cloth or bag with ashes. Cossi i bugada →
cendrer: part of the stove where the ashes remain. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
cenefa: decorative border strip. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
cep tintorer: variety of very black grape strain that gives color to the wine (Penedès, Gandesa, Mall.). Tintorers (dyers) →
cera: bee (or other) material for making candles. Cereria (candle makers) →
cerer: one who makes or sells wax candles. Cereria (candle makers) →
cereria: wax workshop or shop. Cereria (candle makers) →
cerndre: sift the flour. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
ceràmica d'aplicacions: technical name of the same technique. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
ciment blanc: base of the color layer. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
cingla: cinch. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
cintell: exterior wall on slope. Calciners and lime kilns →
ciri: long, thick church candle. Cereria (candle makers) →
ciri pasqual: Easter vigil candle. Cereria (candle makers) →
cirurgià: surgeon. Barbers and surgeons →
cisellat: chiseled. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
cistell / cistella: basket / basket. Esparto and basketry →
cisteller: basket maker. Esparto and basketry →
cisteller: basket maker. Cove (covo) i paner →
Clamater: festival crier. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
clau de volta: vault key. Escuts dels gremis de Mallorca →
clot: pit from which clay is extracted. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
clot: hole from which the mud is removed. Torn de gerrer →
coa / coua: tail. Estel →
cobertora: wire mesh that holds a cracked greixonera. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
cobertora / tapadora: pot lid. Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
coca: hanging cake that is cut. Vestit i espasa de la Sibil·la →
codast: stern piece attached to the keel. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
cofa: large cargo carrycot. Esparto and basketry →
cofa: crown of the hat. Capell de palma (palm hat) →
cofa: large cargo carrycot. Senalla (palm basket) →
cofí: synonymous with esportí; in Mallorca, also a money holder (Sineu, Artà) or a lunch box (Manacor). Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
coixí de llaurar: neck cushion for plowing. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
colcada: parade of chariots and horses. Festes de la Beata (Palma, Valldemossa, Santa Margalida) →
coll: thrush pass (Mall.). Coll de tords (thrush net-hunting) →
coll d'aljub: cistern curb. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
colla: pair or group of xeremier and flabioler. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
colla: group. Caparrots and gegants (big heads and giants) →
colla: xeremier + flabioler. Flabiol and tamborino (pipe and tabor) →
colla: xeremier and flabioler couple. Xeremies →
colla de dimonis: group. Dimoni mask and costume →
collar d'esquella: wooden necklace. Esquella i picarol →
collera: draft collar. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
colom: dove, frequent motif. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
col·legi / confraria: guild. Escuts dels gremis de Mallorca →
comare / comadrona: midwife. Cadira paridora (birthing chair) →
comparsa: costumed group on foot. Beneïdes of Sant Antoni de Muro →
Completes: afternoon service of the eve. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
Completes**, **goigs**, **beneïdes: see sa Pobla . Sant Antoni de Manacor →
confit: almond or seed coated with sugar. Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
confiter / confitera: someone who makes or sells confits. Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
confitera: in Mallorca, imaginary tree that gives confits ("sa florida confitera, sa gelada la'm matà", popular song). Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
confraria: brotherhood. Capirot and confraternity robe →
confraria: brotherhood. Holy Week: the Sang de Palma and the Davallament of Pollença →
congreny: wooden hoop; sinia wheel piece; mill hoop (Mall.). Bóta congrenyada i quartí →
consol: flat hanging bottle (series disappeared). Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
consueta: book of ceremonies. Cant de la Sibil·la (Song of the Sibyl) →
contrapès: weight that tightens the wick. Cereria (candle makers) →
copinya: shell. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
coques: bundles of reeds or branches. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
cor: heartwood, dark part. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
coralar: fish for coral. Coralers →
coraler / coraller: someone who fishes or sells coral. Coralers →
corba: curved wooden piece of the hoop (to verify Mallorcan use). Cart and wheel makers →
corda: rope. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
corda de dos caps: slightly thicker palm cord for chairs. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
corda de dos caps: palm cord for chairs. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
cordada: wrapped in wire mesh. Greixonera →
cordador d'olles: wire. Adobacossis and cordadors d'olles (pot menders) →
cordador de cadires: craftsman who strings chairs. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cordador de cadires: craftsman who strings chairs. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
cordar: weave the seat of a chair with cord. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cordar: knit the seat. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
cordat: pot lid. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
cordell: twine, fine rope. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
cordellí: fine cord of two palm brins. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
cordellí: very fine twine; in Mallorca, two palm brins. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
cordellí: fine cord of two palm brins. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
corder / cordera: one who makes ropes. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
corderia: trade, workshop or rope shop; also many strings together. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
corns i esquelles: cencerrada (Mall.). Esquella i picarol →
cornucòpia: mirror with candlesticks, with a carved and gilded frame. Cornucòpia i mirall →
coronament: upper finish. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
coronar: reach the basket. Pi de Sant Antoni de Pollença →
corra / curra: stone bed. Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
correbou: bull race through the streets. Correbou of Fornalutx →
corretger: synonym (straps). Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
corriola: pulley. Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
corriola / curriola: pulley. Corriola i politja →
cort d'àngels: children dressed as angels. Carro triomfal de la Beata (triumphal float) →
cossi: large clay container (for laundry; I use a soap dish to verify). Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
cossi: laundry tub, with a hole at the bottom. Cossi i bugada →
cossi bugader: the cossi of the bugada. Cossi i bugada →
cossia: central hole in the cover. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
cossia: central roof hole. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
cossier: documented since the s. XVI. Cossiers d'Algaida, Pollença, Inca and others →
cossier: ball dancer. Cossiers de Montuïri →
cossier**, **Dama**, **Oferta: see Montuïri . Cossiers d'Alaró →
cossiol: pot (Mall.); basin; low vessel. Cossiol →
costella: rib. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
costella: rib. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
costurera: woman who sews. Tailors and hosiery →
cotonina: cotton fabric made by linen weavers in the 19th century. XVII. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
coure: cook the pasta. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
courer: copper worker. Calderers and courers (coppersmiths) →
cova: basement or cellar. Furniture of the possessió, village house and Palma townhouse →
covalcada: cavalry parade. Sant Antoni d'Artà →
cove / covo: large vímet or canya basket, wider at the top. Cove (covo) i paner →
cove bugader: the one with laundry clothes. Cove (covo) i paner →
covo: fishing pot. Esparto and basketry →
crespell: sweet pastry with a wavy edge. Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
creu de Sant Andreu: blade trawling rig from the 19th century. Coralers →
creueta: small cross stitch. Brodats i calats →
cruetjador: urban paraire who only finished woven pieces in the towns (17th century). Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
cruia: each of the two dishes with a beak. Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
cua de milà: dovetail. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
cuc de seda: silkworm. Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
cuculla: covered with straw in the shape of a hood. Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →
cuita: cooking a batch. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
cuixals: protective leg warmers. Cuixals, manegots and didals (reaper's gear) →
cul de l'olla: rock bottom. Calciners and lime kilns →
cup: winepress. Cup i canyís (trepitjar el raïm) →
cànem / cònem: hemp (cònem in the Llucmajor saying). Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
càntir / cànter: jug; in Palma, cànti. Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
càvec / càvet / càvic / càveg: hoe. Càvec →
cèrcol: ring that surrounds the boot. Boters →
cèrcol: hoop. Bóta and cooper's tools →

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Dama: the one who guides. Cavallet (cavall cotoner) →
Dama: ball guide. Cavallets of Felanitx →
Damunts: place of the May mass. Cossiers d'Alaró →
darrers dies: the last days of carnival. Ximbomba →
daurador: gilder. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
daurat: golden. Cornucòpia i mirall →
Davallament: descent of Christ, Good Friday; peak season. Cereria (candle makers) →
davallar / Davallament: go down; the descent. Holy Week: the Sang de Palma and the Davallament of Pollença →
dental: piece that holds the fence. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
desbastar: removing thick material. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
desbastar: remove material. Torners (wood turners) →
destral: axe. Destral i picassó →
destral de mà: small one-handed axe. Destral i picassó →
didal: thimble. Tailors and hosiery →
didal: protection fingertip. Falç i falçó →
didal de canya: reaper's cane thimble. Cuixals, manegots and didals (reaper's gear) →
didalada / llatada: handful of brins that is added to the braiding. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
Digau visca Sant Antoni: Capta song. Sant Antoni d'Artà →
Dijous Bo: «good Thursday»; the bo would indicate a fair without comparison (per verify). Dijous Bo (Inca) →
dimoni: character from the Sant Antoni festival. Carassers and dimonis (festive mask makers) →
dimoni: demon, the third classical figure. Siurells →
dimoni: party devil. Dimoni mask and costume →
Dimoni Gros: the main man of Manacor. Dimoni mask and costume →
Dimoni Gros: the main dimoni. Sant Antoni de Manacor →
dimonis petits: those who accompany him. Sant Antoni de Manacor →
donar estirapeu: in Mallorca, give spanks (DCVB). Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
donar matraca: give the nuisance. Matraques (wooden rattles) →
drap: woolen cloth. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
drapaire: who trades in old rags. Marxandos and mercers (pedlars) →
draperia: woolen cloth industry. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →

E

ebenista: cabinetmaker. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
eixam: marès cover. Casera d'abelles (traditional beehive) →
eixartigar: clearing a piece of land. Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
embarriolat: entangled. Coll de tords (thrush net-hunting) →
embastar: baste. Tailors and hosiery →
emblanquinar: whitewash. Calciners and lime kilns →
emblanquinar: whitewash. Guixers and emblanquinadors (plasterers and whitewashers) →
emblanquinar: whitewash. Graneres and graneretes →
emborrar: fill basts and collars with erasers. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
emborrar: prepare the oiled wool for carding. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
emborrar / emprimar: prepare / card fine. Cardes and tisores d'abaixar (carding and cloth shears) →
embrinar: separate the brins from the leaf. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
empelt: graft; newly grafted plant (Mall.); lie (Mall.). Empelt i navalla d'empeltar →
empelt d'escut / d'estaca: graft types (Mall.). Empelt i navalla d'empeltar →
empeltar: graft. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
empeltar: graft. Empelt i navalla d'empeltar →
empena: fabric upper part. Espardenyes →
empenya: upper part of the shoe. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
en esser maça, ja picaràs: same idea, to those who want to command without authority (DCVB, Mall.). Morter (mortar) and maça →
encalar: bathe in lime. Siurells →
encalar: bathe in lime. Siurell →
encarnat: skin color in images. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
encenall: in Mallorca, also slap, hit with the hand (DCVB). Esca i encenalls →
encenalls: small firewood and leaves for lighting (Mall.). Esca i encenalls →
encesa: night fishing or hunting with light. Fitora and torchlight fishing (encesa) →
encetadora: almond splitting machine (name included in DCVB sv picarol; description, to be verified). Harvesting carobs and almonds (canya de prendre) →
enclusa: anvil. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
enclusa: anvil. Enclusa i manxa →
enfilar: thread. Perles de Manacor (Manacor pearls) →
enfornadora / lleó: large stone at the base of the portell that directs the flame. Calciners and lime kilns →
enfornar / desenfornar: put / take out of the oven. Forners →
enfornar / desenfornar: load / empty the oven. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
enfornar / desenfornar: put / take out of the oven. Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
engalba: clay slip to cover or decorate. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
engalba: colored liquid mud to decorate. Escudelles and plates from Pòrtol →
enganalla / s'Enganaia: of deceive, deceive. Sermó de l'Enganalla (Llucmajor) →
enginyes: ligatures that join car and penalty. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
ensaïmada entrunyellada: braided (Mall.). Ensaïmada →
ensofrador: domestic area where it is bleached with sulfur. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
ensucrat: sugared. Rosari ensucrat from Tots Sants →
era / erada: paved place of extended threshing / harvest. Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
es crit de Joan Mas: the invocation that opens the battle. Moros i Cristians of Pollença (la Patrona) →
esberlar-se: splitting the wood. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
esca: tinder; also fishing bait (same term, longline ). Esca i encenalls →
esca: bait. Palangre (longline) →
esca de caramutxa: caramutxa charcoal for the pipe (Mall., Men.). Esca i encenalls →
esca de garrover: rotten carob wood (Mall.). Esca i encenalls →
escabeiat: said of the worn or undone bova (to verify exact meaning). Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
escala de figueraler / de figueral: standing ladder for the fig tree. Escala de figueraler (fig-picker's ladder) →
escala de gat: ladder without leg. Escala de figueraler (fig-picker's ladder) →
escala de peu: ladder with support leg. Escala de figueraler (fig-picker's ladder) →
escaldar: pour boiling water over the pig. Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
escalemot: extension of the frame on the deck. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
escaló volat: cutting hammer for roughing. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
escambell: small seat without arms or backrest. Balancí and tibulet (rocking chair) →
escambell: backless stool. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
escambell: stool. Cadira de repòs and llit de repòs (daybed) →
escaparate: urn or small display case on the piece of furniture. Canterano (chest of drawers with desk) →
escaparate: glass urn. Escriptori and arquella (writing desk and casket) →
escar / esca: put bait / the bait. Nansa →
escarpra: chisel. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
escarpra: chisel. Torners (wood turners) →
escarpra: chisel. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
escoda: two-edged hammer for working. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
escoda: seen front of the wall. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
escoda / escodra: stone breaking hammer with two points; escodra is the Mallorcan form. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
escoda / escodra: hammer for breaking stone. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
escriptori: desk-chest of drawers. Escriptori and arquella (writing desk and casket) →
escudella: escudella. Escudeller →
escudella: bowl, bowl. Escudelles and plates from Pòrtol →
escudella d'orelles: bowl with handles (Mall.). Escudelles and plates from Pòrtol →
escudellam: set of bowls and plates. Escudeller →
escudellam: set of bowls and plates. Tinell →
escudeller: kitchen shelf for dishes. Escudeller →
escudeller: tableware rack. Plater →
escurar: wash the dishes. Ribella i ribell →
escut: emblem. Escuts dels gremis de Mallorca →
escàlem / escàlam: wooden or iron tolete. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
escó / escons: high-backed bench by the fire. Esco →
esmolador: who sharpens; In Mallorca also a wooden instrument, like a vice, to hold saws when sharpening them. Esmoladors (knife grinders) →
esmolador: sharpener; in Mall., clamp for sharpening saws. Roda d'esmolar (mola) →
esmolar: sharpen. Esmoladors (knife grinders) →
esmolar: sharpener. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
esmolar: sharpen. Roda d'esmolar (mola) →
esmolet: traveling sharpener. Esmoladors (knife grinders) →
espardenya: espadrille. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
espardenya: espadrille. Espardenyes →
espardenya bebé: with strap from side to side (Mall.). Espardenyes →
espardenyer: who makes or sells espardenyes. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
espardenyer: who makes or sells espardenyes. Espardenyes →
espart: esparto (Stipa tenacissima). Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
espart: grass (Stipa tenacissima) with tenacious leaves for ropes, baskets, mats and soles. Esparto and basketry →
espart bord: Lygeum spartum*, albardín. Esparto and basketry →
esparter / esparteria: who works or sells esparto / his shop. Esparto and basketry →
espartí / esportí: esparto disc for the oil or wine press. Esparto and basketry →
espasa: sword. Vestit i espasa de la Sibil·la →
espatló del verro: leather from the back of the boar, the most durable. Avarques (varques) →
espelma: candle. Cereria (candle makers) →
espiga i caixa: box and tenon assembly. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
espinagada: eel and spinach empanada, a dish from sa Pobla. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
esporgar: clean the tree of excess branches; in Mallorca, also removing knots from a cane to make it smooth. Empelt i navalla d'empeltar →
esporgins: fine palm remains; They are used for brooms. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
esporgins: fine palm remains when leveling the brins. Graneres and graneretes →
esportí: espart disc to press the olive paste (Mall.). Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
esquella: cowbell. Esquella i picarol →
esquella / picarol: cowbell. Bell founders and bell ringers →
esquerda de canya: strip of split cane. Cove (covo) i paner →
esser capaç de no fer-ne abastament amb una enclusa: being a big man who, with good tools, still does things badly (DCVB, Mall.). Enclusa i manxa →
essència: pearlescent paste. Perles de Manacor (Manacor pearls) →
estamper: stamp printer. Estampers and popular printing (Impremta Guasp) →
estanyar: cover with tin. Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
estanyer: tin worker; also who tins objects. Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
estar tocat de sa caixa de St. Pere: in Mallorca, being short-sighted (DCVB). Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
estel: comet (Barc., Tarr., Bal.). Estel →
estenalles: tongs with rope to tear off the palm. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
estenedor: was paved where the palm dries. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
esteranyinador: long-handled broom for cobwebs. Graneres and graneretes →
esteva: mancera. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
estofat: browning and scraping technique. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
estopa**, **pega: fiber and pitch. Caulker's tools (eines de calafat) →
estora: floor mat. Esparto and basketry →
estora: floor or wall mat. Estora (palm mat) →
estora de paret: the one that covers the wall. Estora (palm mat) →
estoreta / estorí: small mat. Estora (palm mat) →
estrop: ring of rope that holds the rem to the escalem. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
exvot: votive offering. Sailors' ex-votos and altarpieces →

F

fadrí: trained officer who continues to work for the master. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
faixa: cloth sash at the waist. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
falç: sickle. Falç i falçó →
falçó: small grass sickle (Mall.). Falç i falçó →
fang: mud. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
faristol: large lectern. Cadiram de la Seu (cathedral choir stalls) and church furniture →
faus: sickle (Majorcan form of falç). Cuixals, manegots and didals (reaper's gear) →
faç: face of the nansa that recovers ("marinate the faç d'una nansa"). Nansa →
feixa: strip of flat farmland. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
feixa: terrace that supports the margin. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
fenyedor: table where the noodles are dried. Fideuers (noodle makers) →
fenyedor: drying board. Premsa de fideus (noodle press) →
fer aigua ardent: distill liquor (doc. Sóller 1596). Alambí (still) →
fer barrina: in Mallorca, close a deal (DCVB). Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
fer bossa: turn incorrectly due to being poorly tied (Artà). Baldufa →
fer es carretó: to roll on the ground lying down, like batre carts (game, Mall.). Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
fer garbera: children's game: throwing each other on top of each other (Alaró). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
fer perols: talk about things without substance (Mall.). Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
fer rèi: spin fine and soft (Artà). Baldufa →
fer s'escudella: in Mallorca and Menorca, command, impose one's will (DCVB). Escudelles and plates from Pòrtol →
fer tant de paper com sa granera: do not paint anything (mall.). Graneres and graneretes →
fermall: tie made with palm brins. Palm fans (ventall and ventador) →
ferrador: worker who shoes beasts. Ferradors and manescals (farriers and vets) →
ferrador: horse farrier. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
ferrador: farrier. Ferradura →
ferradura: horseshoe; in Mall., also the first heel cover and the iron that reinforces the heel or tip of the shoe. Ferradors and manescals (farriers and vets) →
ferradura: horseshoe; shoe cover or reinforcement (Mall.). Ferradura →
ferradures rosinals / de mules / asnals: horse / mule / donkey. Ferradura →
ferrar: shoe. Ferradura →
ferrar / desferrar: put on / remove the horseshoe. Ferradors and manescals (farriers and vets) →
ferrer: blacksmith. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
ferrer: blacksmith. Enclusa i manxa →
fester: iron support for the burning torch (to verify DCVB definition). Fitora and torchlight fishing (encesa) →
festers / tiranys: box with embers that keeps the pasta warm. Fideuers (noodle makers) →
festers / tiranys: brazier of the press. Premsa de fideus (noodle press) →
fideuer / fideuera: noodle maker or seller; in Mall. and Men., also who likes them. Fideuers (noodle makers) →
figueral: field of fig trees. Escala de figueraler (fig-picker's ladder) →
figueraler / figueralera: who picks or dries figs. Escala de figueraler (fig-picker's ladder) →
figues de sol** / **figues forneres: sun-dried / oven-dried (Pons). Sequer and canyissos (drying racks) →
fil de ballesta: bowstring (doc. 1399). Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
fil de manresa: thick thread that is placed underneath to give relief. Brodats i calats →
fil de nansa: very fine corder thread for fishermen. Nansa →
filada: row of stones. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
filadora: woman who spins. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
filar: make thread by twisting fiber. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
filats d'abeurada: bird or sound that attracts others. Gàbia enganadora (decoy cage) →
filats d'abeurada: net hidden underground next to the trough, which is shot with bars (Mall.). Coll de tords (thrush net-hunting) →
filats de coll: triangular network. Coll de tords (thrush net-hunting) →
filferro: fix. Adobacossis and cordadors d'olles (pot menders) →
filigrana: drawing with openwork metallic thread. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
finimenti: accessories of the Neapolitan nativity scene. Betlem →
fira: annual fair. Sineu Fair →
Firó: the day after the Fira, the day of the battle. Firó de Sóller (Moros i Cristians) →
fitora: multi-barbed harpoon. Fitora and torchlight fishing (encesa) →
flabiol / fabiol / fobiol: one-handed flute. Flabiol and tamborino (pipe and tabor) →
flabiol de granadillo: granadillo wood flute, different from the others from Mallorca (Vallcaneras). Cossiers d'Alaró →
flabiol de set canons: Pan flute (DCVB). Flabiol and tamborino (pipe and tabor) →
flabioler: someone who plays flabiol and drumí. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
flabioler: who plays flabiol and drumí. Flabiol and tamborino (pipe and tabor) →
flassada: woven wool blanket, with color stripes, for the bed. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
flassada: woolen blanket. Llit →
flassadeta: diminutive of flassada. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
flequer: baker (pa de fleca). Forners →
flocs: ties. Cossier and Dama costume →
flàmula: flame; ancient name of these fabrics ("teles de flàmules"). Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
foganya: home. Esco →
foganya / fogaina: brick hearth for wood fire; in Mallorca, also the ash hole. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
fogonets: construction stoves. Gerrer →
foguer: iron link (Bal.). Esca i encenalls →
fogueró: bonfire of Sant Antoni. Foguero →
fogueró: bonfire of Sant Antoni. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
fogó / fogonet: stove. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
follador: trampler (in the inventory of 1388). Cup i canyís (trepitjar el raïm) →
fona: honda. Fona →
fondre: melt the wax. Cereria (candle makers) →
fonedor: founder. Bell founders and bell ringers →
fonell: colmena (Mall.). Casera d'abelles (traditional beehive) →
foner: slinger. Fona →
forca: gallows with two or more prongs. Forca, rampí and ganxo (pitchfork, rake and hook) →
forcó: each end of the fork. Forca, rampí and ganxo (pitchfork, rake and hook) →
forma: wooden last. Capellers and barreters (hat makers) →
forma: last. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
forma: last. Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
formatge brescat: with many holes inside, like a honeycomb (Mall.). Formatgera (cheese mould) →
formatge clos: compact, without holes (Mall.). Formatgera (cheese mould) →
formatge coent: spicy, due to excess of grass in the milk (Mall.). Formatgera (cheese mould) →
formatge lloca: swollen due to improperly extracted serum (Mall.). Formatgera (cheese mould) →
formatge nial / pollat / malalt: neither tender nor cured (Mall.). Formatgera (cheese mould) →
formatgera: cheese mold; glass cheese bowl Formatgera (cheese mould) →
forn: melting furnace. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
forn de calç: lime oven. Calciners and lime kilns →
forn àrab: oven with overlapping chambers and vertical draft. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
fornal: forge. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
fornal: forge; in Mallorca also a boiler stove. Enclusa i manxa →
fornal: in Mallorca, also boiler burner. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
forner: baker. Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
forner / fornera: who bakes the bread. Forners →
forrellat: bolt. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
fosa: recasting. Bell founders and bell ringers →
fulla: leaf. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
fumeral: furnace chimney. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
fusell: car axle. Cart and wheel makers →
fusell: cart axle. Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
fuster: carpenter. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
fuster: carpenter. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
fuster: carpenter. Manacor furniture industry →
fuster comú / groller: in Mallorca, the one who makes and repairs carts, plows and sinies. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
fuster d'obra grossa: carpenter of scaffolding, ladders and carts. Cart and wheel makers →
fuster d'obra prima / obra grossa: fine / coarse carpenter. Mallorcan neoclassical furniture and Isern workshop →
fuster primater: the one who makes fine work and furniture. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
fusteria: carpentry (trade and workshop). Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
fusteria: carpentry. Manacor furniture industry →

G

gaiato / gaiata: staff. Pronunciations: gəјáto (Artà, Llucmajor, Inca), giéto (Felanitx), gəátu (Sóller). Gaiato →
galereta: four-wheeled passenger car. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
galet: fine stream; beure a galet, to drink without touching the spout. Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
gall: the capcer (Mall.). Palangre (longline) →
galze: recess where the blade fits. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
ganivet: knife. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
ganiveter: knife maker. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
ganxo: iron spiked rake (Mall.). Forca, rampí and ganxo (pitchfork, rake and hook) →
ganxos de romana: it is said of those who calculate quickly and have a good eye (Manacor). Romana (steelyard balance) →
garba: make of harvest. Falç i falçó →
garba: make of harvest. Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
garba de vena: forage (Manacor). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
garba trutja: crooked or poorly made garba (Petra, Campos, Manacor, Llucmajor). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
garballó / pauma / palma: Chamaerops humilis, the only native palm tree; pauma* is the Mallorcan oral form. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
garbell: sieve. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
garbellar: sieve. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
garbera: garbe rick. Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
garlopa: long brush. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
garlopa: long brush with a handle. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
gaveta: mortar kneading drawer; in Mallorca, also the hole left by a song torn out in the quarry. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
gegant / geganta: giant. Caparrots and gegants (big heads and giants) →
geganter: bearer. Caparrots and gegants (big heads and giants) →
gelosia: lattice. Cadiram de la Seu (cathedral choir stalls) and church furniture →
genet: rider. Siurells →
gerra: in the Balearic Islands, a two-handled jug (from the Arabic garah). Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
gerra: large clay jug. Gerrer →
gerra amb pixerell: gerra with a handle and spout. Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
gerra someral: very large gerra to carry on one's back. Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
gerrer: craftsman of gerres and pieces for water and pantry. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
gerrer: potter; in Mallorca, also the Poyo de las Gerres. Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
gerrer: shelf for gerres (Mall.). Gerrer →
gerrer: someone who makes or sells gerres. In Mallorca it is also the kitchen stand where the gerres are placed (DCVB). Torn de gerrer →
gerreta: small pitcher. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
gerricó: another name for the felanitxera gerreta. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
gerricó: little gerra. Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
gibrell: bucket for blood. Matances →
gibrell amb brec: basin with a beak for the blood of the slaughter. Ribella i ribell →
gipó: doublet. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
gipó: tight doublet with sleeves. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
gipó amb cartons: gipó with internal reinforcements (Mall.). Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
glosa / glosador / glosat: verse / improvising poet / duel. Ball de bot and gloses (folk dance and improvised verse) →
glosador: who improvises them. Ximbomba →
gloses: improvised or popular sung verses. Ximbomba →
goigs: poetic composition in honor of the Virgin or a saint, printed on a sheet. Estampers and popular printing (Impremta Guasp) →
goigs: joys. Goigs →
goigs: sheet of song to a saint. Woodcuts of the Impremta Guasp →
goigs: joys, song to the saint. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
golfo: door hinge. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
graelles: grill. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
grall: melodic pointer. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
grall: melodic pointer. Xeremies →
granera: broom. Graneres and graneretes →
granera nova agrana net: saying: new things work well (mall., men.). Graneres and graneretes →
granereta: palm brush for whitewashing. Graneres and graneretes →
granulat: decoration of balls. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
greixonera: in Mallorca, clay pot; also the stew cooked in it. Greixonera →
greixoneró / greixonereta: diminutives (DCVB). Greixonera →
gresol: crucible. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
gronsa: hopper through which the olives fall. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
guardapits: man's vest. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
guarnicioner: modern synonym. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
guarniment: gala trappings of the animal. Beneïdes of Sant Antoni de Muro →
guarniments: trappings. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
guinaveta / ganiveta: matances knife. Podadora and tallant (pruning hooks) →
guix: plaster. Guixers and emblanquinadors (plasterers and whitewashers) →
guix viu / guix mort: cast with strength / who has lost it. Guixers and emblanquinadors (plasterers and whitewashers) →
guixer / guixaire: who works or sells plaster (fon. mall. giʃáјnə). Guixers and emblanquinadors (plasterers and whitewashers) →
gàbia: drinking fountain network (Mall.). Gàbia enganadora (decoy cage) →
gàbia enganadora: form of open almond tree pruning (DCVB). Gàbia enganadora (decoy cage) →
gànguil: conical trawl net with iron ring (Mall., Eiv.); also boat. Gànguil i xarxes →
gúbia: gouge. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
gúbia: gouge. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
gúbia: gouge. Torners (wood turners) →
gúbia: gouge. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →

H

ham: hook. Palangre (longline) →
hebdomadari: canon on weekly duty. Cadiram de la Seu (cathedral choir stalls) and church furniture →
herbes seques / mesclades / dolces: types according to sugar and grade. Alambiners and herbes de Mallorca (herbal liqueur) →
homes d'era: those who work threshing. Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →

I

ikat: technique of reserve dyeing the threads before weaving (Malay word). Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
imatger: image author. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
inventari post mortem: inventory of assets after a death. Furniture of the possessió, village house and Palma townhouse →

J

jaç / sotamola: stone bed of the trull. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
jaç / sotamola: mola. Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
jeure: stay in bed after childbirth (per verify use). Cadira paridora (birthing chair) →
joier: jeweler. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
joies: jewels. Costume and jewels of the Àguiles (Pollença) →
joies: borrowed jewelry. Corpus of Pollença: Àguiles and Sant Joan Pelós →
joies: racing prizes. Cossiers de Montuïri →
jou: yoke. Bell founders and bell ringers →
jou: yoke. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
juntera: rope that joins the camels. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →

L

La Ferradura: small cove on the coast of Pollença, towards Ariant (DCVB). Ferradura →
la mocada: hat ribbons. Cossier and Dama costume →
la mocada: three hat ribbons. Cossiers de Montuïri →
la Patrona: the Mare de Déu dels Àngels and her party. Moros i Cristians of Pollença (la Patrona) →
La Romana: hamlet in the municipality of Calvià. Romana (steelyard balance) →
lacca povera: decoration of glued and varnished engravings. Canterano (chest of drawers with desk) →
llama: lama. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
llamador: knocker. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
llana: wool. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
llander: synonym. Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
llanerol: union tax on those who worked wool without being paraire; also those businessmen (16th-17th centuries). Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
llanta / llanda: iron fence that surrounds the wheel. Cart and wheel makers →
llanterner: llauner (Val., Mall.); also a lantern maker. Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
llar: portion of ground where the fire is made; also the house. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
llata / llatra: braided palm ribbon (llata in Capdepera, llatra in Artà). Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
llatrer: artisan of the llatra (braided palm), in Artà. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
llauna: tinplate; also tin and baking tray. Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
llauner: someone who makes or fixes tin objects. Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
llavi: lower edge of the bell. Bell founders and bell ringers →
llaüt: double-roped boat with flat sail. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
llaüt coraler: llaüt dedicated to coralar (Mall.). Coralers →
lleixa: shelf (not Mallorcan). Escudeller →
lleixiu: lye. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
lleixiu: water with alkaline salts taken from ash. Cossi i bugada →
llendera: long, thin rope (appears in the palm tree stems). Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
llendera: stick. Dimoni mask and costume →
llendera: whip of the dimoni. Cossiers de Montuïri →
llenya: firewood. Foguero →
llença: line, fishing line. Palangre (longline) →
lligar: tie sections of the thread so that they do not take the dye. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
llinda: jamb. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
llisa: without padding. Ensaïmada →
llit: bed; also the bedding set. Llit →
llit de repòs: rest bed. Cadira de repòs and llit de repòs (daybed) →
llit de repòs: rest bed. Llit →
llit encaixat: bed between archibanks. Llit →
llit encaxat: bed wedged between archibanks. Arquibanc →
llit entorcillat: bed of Solomonic columns. Llit →
lliura / quintar: spindle counterweight stone. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
llosa / llova: wooden pieces. Llosa (stone trap) →
llossa: perforated bottom of the press poal. Fideuers (noodle makers) →
llossa: perforated bottom. Premsa de fideus (noodle press) →
llum de cruia / de cruies: hook lamp (Mall.). Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
llum de ganxo: general name of the hanging lamp. Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
llum de tafona: large lamp for the tafona. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
llum de tafona: large oil mill lamp. Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
lutier: instrument maker. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →

M

maceta: small and robust hammer. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
maceta: unique drumstick. Flabiol and tamborino (pipe and tabor) →
madeixa: skein of thread. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
majordom del gremi: position of the guild. Mallorcan neoclassical furniture and Isern workshop →
mall: large hammer. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
mall: long-handled mallet. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
mall: long-handled mallet. Enclusa i manxa →
mall de cap i pena: mallet with ax and adze. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
malla: network box. Gànguil i xarxes →
manegots: sleeves; also those of the peasants' festival dress (Mall.). Cuixals, manegots and didals (reaper's gear) →
manegots: work sleeves. Gipó and Mallorcan peasant dress →
manegots: cloth sleeves to protect the arms when working. Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
manescal: ancient veterinarian (fon. mall. mənəskáɫ). Ferradors and manescals (farriers and vets) →
mangra: red earth used as pigment. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
manxa: bellows. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
manxa / manxes: bellows; manxa de ferrer, the great one of the forge. Enclusa i manxa →
marbrejar: rolling the glass on a plate. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
marc: wooden frame for braiding leather at home. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
marge: dry stone wall that supports earth. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
marge: retaining wall that creates a terrace. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
marger: man who makes margins or dry walls (DCVB, Barc. and Mall.). Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
marger: margin constructor. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
marjada: set of stepped terraces. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
marqueteria: inlay. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
marqueteria / maderas embutidas: inlay. Mallorcan neoclassical furniture and Isern workshop →
marxando: street vendor (mall., men.; fon. məɾʃándo; in Sóller məɾʃándu). Marxandos and mercers (pedlars) →
marès: marine calcareous sandstone, soft when cut. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
matancera: woman who makes sausages. Matances →
matances: pig slaughter. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
matances: slaughter of the pig. Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
matances: slaughter of the pig. Podadora and tallant (pruning hooks) →
matances: the slaughter. Matances →
matansera: woman who works in the slaughterhouse. Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
mateixa: traditional Majorcan dance. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
Matines: Christmas Eve matins. Cant de la Sibil·la (Song of the Sibyl) →
matisar: give nuances with various shades of thread. Brodats i calats →
matraca: from the Arabic maṭraqa, hammer. Matraques (wooden rattles) →
maça: in the Majorcan manxa, box between the bellows and the barrel. Enclusa i manxa →
maça: pestle (DCVB; in Ibiza, pot). Morter (mortar) and maça →
maça / atac: piston that pushes the dough. Fideuers (noodle makers) →
maça / atac: piston. Premsa de fideus (noodle press) →
menjadora: trap cage (Mall., Men.). Gàbia enganadora (decoy cage) →
menjar pa i trinxet: be very hungry (Pollença). Trinxet (Mallorcan pocket knife) →
menjar-se els ferros dels fogons: be very hungry (Mall.; DCVB, sv fogó). Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
mercat / mercadal: weekly market. Sineu Fair →
mercer: seller of ribbons, buttons and needles. Marxandos and mercers (pedlars) →
mestre / fadrí / mosso: master / official / apprentice of the workshop. Torn de gerrer →
mestre d'aixa: riverside carpenter. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
mestre de carros: category of the repertoire of artisan trades. Cart and wheel makers →
mestre sabater: shoemaker with his own workshop. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
mestre veler: designs and cuts sails. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
mestre xarxer: rigging and maneuvering. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
mig almud / un mig: sixth part of the quartera; six bushels in the Balearic Islands (four in Valencia). Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
miloca: appears next to estel in Penya (to verify meaning in Mallorca). Estel →
milotxa: Valencian name; not picked up for Mallorca. Estel →
mirall: mirror. Cornucòpia i mirall →
Misteri: Birth. Betlem →
moble: furniture. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
moble de Manacor: commercial label (to verify use). Manacor furniture industry →
mocador de cap: headscarf. Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
mocador de set pams: large scarf that covers the back. Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
modista: someone who makes women's clothing. Tailors and hosiery →
mola: sharpening stone disc. Esmoladors (knife grinders) →
mola: sharpening wheel. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
mola: sharpening stone disc. Roda d'esmolar (mola) →
mola: shooting arm. Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
mola catalana: large one-piece stone (Mall.). Moliners →
mola corredora / sotana: rotating stone / fixed stone. Moliners →
mola de fust: wooden wheel to review. Roda d'esmolar (mola) →
mola foguera: of pieces of flint fitted into a ring (Mall.). Moliners →
mola foguera / catalana / negra / blanca: types of stone. Tremuja and moles (miller's tools) →
moliner: someone who is in charge of a mill. Moliners →
molls: ember tongs. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
molí draper: cloth fulling mill. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
molí draper / batan: mallet mill for fulling the cloth. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
morca: oil deposit. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
morca: poso, alpechín. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
morenell: small trap, same shape. Nansa →
morera: tree whose leaf the worm eats. Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
morral: muzzle; feed backpack; satchel Morral (shoulder bag) →
morrió: braided muzzle. Esparto and basketry →
morter: mortar. Morter (mortar) and maça →
morteret / morteró: morterito (DCVB). Morter (mortar) and maça →
mosaic hidràulic: synonym used in Catalonia. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
mosso: apprentice. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
mostassaf: municipal official who controlled weights and quality of bread. Forners →
mostra: exhibition. Ball de bot and gloses (folk dance and improvised verse) →
motlle: metal mold of the piece. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
motlle: frame to shape the clay plate. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
motllura: molding. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
munyeca: cloth doll for stenciling. Brodats i calats →
mànec: mango. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
més prim que un bri d'espart: "thinner than a strand of esparto grass" (Majorcan phrase, DCVB). Esparto and basketry →

N

nansa: trap, bell-shaped trap. Nansa →
nas de trinxet: eat plain bread (Mall.). Trinxet (Mallorcan pocket knife) →
navalla: folding knife. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
ni un salabre: nothing at all (Palma, Manacor). Salabre →
nina: doll (general Catalan). Pepa (rag doll) →
no fer-se davall es gerrer: (Mall.) to be difficult to raise (DCVB). Gerrer →
no fer-se davall es gerrer: in Mallorca, growing up with difficulty (DCVB). Torn de gerrer →
nucli: core. Perles de Manacor (Manacor pearls) →

O

obrador: craftsman who makes olles and fire pieces. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
obrer: in charge of the party that year. Sant Antoni d'Artà →
obrer de vila / mestre de cases: bricklayer (synonyms of the Balearic sense). Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
obreria: board that guards the property of the Virgin. Costume and jewels of the Àguiles (Pollença) →
obreria / obrer: lay board that takes care of the cult of the saint. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
obreria de Sant Joan: board that organizes it. Sant Joan Pelós de Felanitx →
oli: oil, soap base. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
oli de bigues: first oil dam (Mall.). Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
oli de bigues: oil from the first dam (Mall.). Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
oli de cremar: oil for lighting. Llum de cresol (llum de cruia) →
oli verjo: virgin oil, the one that flows before pressing (Majorcan way). Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
olivera: wild olive tree. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
olla: excavated cylinder, oven chamber. Calciners and lime kilns →
olla: lower chamber of the oven where the firewood burns. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
olla: clay cooking vessel; also the meat and vegetable stew. Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
olla colera: large pot for cheese milk (Mall.). Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
olla de molts, no bull: saying: what belongs to everyone is not taken care of (Mall.). Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
olla vetlada, mai bull: saying: what is eagerly awaited is late (Mall.). Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
oller: potter of fire pieces (olles, greixoneres). Torn de gerrer →
oller: oller workshop. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
oller / gerrer: potter of fire / water pieces. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
olleria: oller workshop. Torn de gerrer →
olleria: potter in general. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
omplidor / omplidoret: stuffer (Mall.). Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
ordir: prepare and arrange the ordit threads for the loom. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
ordir / teixir: prepare the ordit / weave. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
ordit: set of longitudinal threads of the fabric. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
orelleres: ear flaps that open the furrow. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
orla: frame. Goigs →

P

pa d'or: gold leaf. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
pa d'or: gold leaf. Cornucòpia i mirall →
padrí / fillol: godfather / godson. Rosari ensucrat from Tots Sants →
pagès / moro: both sides. Firó de Sóller (Moros i Cristians) →
pagès / pagesa: peasant, peasant: canonical figures. Siurells →
pala: oven shovel. Forners →
pala de forner: oven shovel, made of wood for forging. Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
pala de ventar / de traspalar: winnowing shovel. Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →
palanca / clavilla**, **costelles**, **puntal / batall: stone trap. Llosa (stone trap) →
palangre: hooking gear on an anchored line. Palangre (longline) →
palangrer: longline llaüt (Bal.). Llaüt (com a objecte) →
palangrer: longline fisherman; longline llaüt (Bal.). Palangre (longline) →
paleta: mason's trowel; in Mallorca also flat. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
pam: span, traditional measurement of length. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
pam: span, length measurement. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
paner: basket with a single side-to-side handle. Cove (covo) i paner →
paner coitor / collitor: that of picking olives (Mall.). Cove (covo) i paner →
paner d'oferir: the one who brings the bread of the offering to mass. Cove (covo) i paner →
pany: lock. Mariner's box →
pany: lock. Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →
paraire: who prepares the wool (carding, combing) and in practice organized production. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
paraire: who prepares the wool and finishes the cloth (from Latin parator, "preparer"). Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
parany: trap; where the traps are. Llosa (stone trap) →
parar taula: set the table. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
parell: pair of draft animals. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
pareller: farmhand who farms with a pair of animals. Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
paridora: in the DCVB, fertile female; place in the corral where the sheep give birth. Cadira paridora (birthing chair) →
passadet: line of thick stitches on the rebound. Brodats i calats →
pastera: kneading trough. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
pastera: kneading trough. Forners →
pastera: raft or container for kneading mud. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
pastera: kneading trough. Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
pastera: the most humble boat, rowed (in the north, beta). Rems (oars) and escàlems →
pastera (barca): in Mallorca, also the most humble and flat boat, rowed ( vela llatina ). Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
pastera amb tomba: with walls sloping outwards. Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
pasterada: dough at once (“sa pasterada i sa dona”, ximbomba song, DCVB). Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
pastilla: piece of soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
patatera: boot from the potato harvest, with the same flap on the outside (Sóller). Porqueres (Mallorcan work shoes) →
patena: medal or central pendant. Rosari ensucrat from Tots Sants →
peana: clay base where the figure rests. Siurells →
peana: clay base. Siurell →
pebre bord: paprika. Matances →
pedra de Santanyí: hard, golden calcarenite, noble stone. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
pedra foguera: flint. Esca i encenalls →
pedra travada: stone that goes deep and binds the wall. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
pedra viva: limestone to be fired. Calciners and lime kilns →
pedral: weight of stone. Almadrava →
pedrera: quarry (open cell or gallery). Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
pellaire: one who buys, sells or works furs. Blanquers and assaonadors (tanners) →
pelós: hairy. Vestit de Sant Joan Pelós →
pelós: hairy; Before, he wore raw sheepskin. Sant Joan Pelós de Felanitx →
penjador: hanger. Cornucòpia i mirall →
pepa: doll (Mall.). Pepa (rag doll) →
perfilar: define the shape. Torners (wood turners) →
perfils d'os: embedded bone fillets. Canterano (chest of drawers with desk) →
perla d'imitació / perla artificial: manufactured pearl. Perles de Manacor (Manacor pearls) →
perlera: pearl factory and, by extension, worker. Perles de Manacor (Manacor pearls) →
perol: large metal container for heating. Calderers and courers (coppersmiths) →
perol: copper cauldron; pot and greixonera carving in Pòrtol. Olla, cassola and perol (cooking pots) →
perpal: bar to move large stones. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
perpal / parpal: pry bar. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
persiana: slatted shutter. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
perxa: central lance of the parell chariot. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
perxa: roller to lift the molar (Pollença, Santa Margalida). Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
perxar: hang the cloth on the perxa and card it. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
perxar: hang the cloth on the perxa and card it. Cardes and tisores d'abaixar (carding and cloth shears) →
petges: paster's legs. Pastera (kneading trough) and oven peel →
petja / cama: paw. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
peu: base of the wall. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
Peuets: Manacor's own dance. Cossiers of Manacor →
peülla: helmet. Ferradors and manescals (farriers and vets) →
pi: pine. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
pi: pine; here, the ritual trunk. Pi de Sant Antoni de Pollença →
pica: stone pile. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
picapedrer: someone who carves stone. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
picapedrer: stonecutter; in the Balearic Islands, also a bricklayer. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
picar les moles: go over the grooves. Tremuja and moles (miller's tools) →
picarol: small, flat cowbell. Esquella i picarol →
picarol: gall rattle to find it at night (Mall.). Palangre (longline) →
picarol: small almond that the machine does not split (Alaró, Binissalem). Harvesting carobs and almonds (canya de prendre) →
picassa: hammer/axe larger than the picassó. Destral i picassó →
picassa: in Mallorca, sledgehammer for cutting stone. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
picassa: sledgehammer (Mall.). Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
picassó: hammer for breaking stone (Mall.). Destral i picassó →
pigment: oxides that give color. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
pila / peu: column of esportins filled under the press. Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
pila / peu: column of esportins. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
piló: sliding weight. Romana (steelyard balance) →
pinces / tenalles: forming tools. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
piques: oil deposits. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
pito: the part that sounds. Siurells →
pito: the part that sounds. Siurell →
pitral: petral. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
pixerell: peak of the war that acts as a botijo. Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
plana: carpenter's plane (Bal.). Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
plana: hot smoothing hammer. Enclusa i manxa →
plana bocell: convex-faced fluting brush (Mall.). Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
plana voltada: curved base brush (Mall., Men.). Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
plat: holding plate. Torners (wood turners) →
plat de bollit: deep dish for serving the stew. Escudelles and plates from Pòrtol →
plat moreno: red pasta dish with white engalba. Escudelles and plates from Pòrtol →
plater: dish drainer (Mall.). Escudeller →
plater: dish drainer (Mall.). Plater →
pleita: braided esparto grass tape that is sewn to make pieces. Esparto and basketry →
plom: plumb line: lead tied to a string to check verticality. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
plom: plumb line. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
poal: cube (Bal.). Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
poal: container of the press. Premsa de fideus (noodle press) →
poal de pou: the one who goes down into the well. Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
podadora: curved pruning knife (Mall.). Podadora and tallant (pruning hooks) →
podall: the same in Catalonia; not Mallorcan. Podadora and tallant (pruning hooks) →
pois: blows with the tip of another baldufa. Baldufa →
policromia: applied color. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
politja: pulley; belt pulley. Corriola i politja →
pols de marbre: marble dust from the visible layer. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
pontell: bar to hold the piece at the base. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
porgador: fine sieve; In Mallorca it also screens construction work. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
porgar: clean the grain of dust. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
porgueres: what remains after the porgar. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
porquer: in Mallorca, soll or pig corral (DCVB, meaning Mall.). Possible origin of the name (to verify). Porqueres (Mallorcan work shoes) →
porquera / porqueres: Mallorcan work shoe described above (use name; not included in the DCVB). Porqueres (Mallorcan work shoes) →
porta forana: street door. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
portadora: bears vintage. Portadora (grape-carrying tub) →
portell: opening for loading and emptying. Calciners and lime kilns →
porticó: interior shutter. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
posar es cossi dins s'aumut: putting things out of place; misunderstand (Manacor). Cossi i bugada →
possessió: rural property with houses. Furniture of the possessió, village house and Palma townhouse →
posta: collected glass drop. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
potassa: alkali for soft soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
potera / botera: squid lure. Potera (squid jig) →
premsa: printing press. Estampers and popular printing (Impremta Guasp) →
premsa: hydraulic press. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
premsa: press. Woodcuts of the Impremta Guasp →
prohoms de la Sang: brothers who carry the Christ. Holy Week: the Sang de Palma and the Davallament of Pollença →
promesa: vote. Sailors' ex-votos and altarpieces →
pujar al pi: climb. Pi de Sant Antoni de Pollença →
punt: attachment point. Torners (wood turners) →
punt mallorquí: combination of chain, scapulari and creueta. Brodats i calats →

Q

quall: rennet. Formatgera (cheese mould) →
quartera / cortera: half a almud. Grain measures: quartera, barcella and almud →
quarteró: small oval boot, ¼ of a quartí (Mall.). Bóta congrenyada i quartí →
quartí / cortí: 26.67 l (Mall.). Bóta congrenyada i quartí →
qui a bona cadira seu, bona ventura espera: saying (Mall.). Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
qui amb greixonera cou, amb poc menjar en té prou: saying (DCVB). Greixonera →
qui és sabater, que faci sabates: saying: each one to his job (DCVB, partial). Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
quilla: dorsal spine of the hull. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
quilla: dorsal spine of the hull. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
quimelca: central reinforcement of the antenna. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
quintar: 10.4 kg. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →

R

rajola: tile in general. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
rajola hidràulica: pressed cement tile, without firing. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
rajoler: who makes rajoles. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
rajoleria: rajoles workshop. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
rampí: threshing floor rake. Forca, rampí and ganxo (pitchfork, rake and hook) →
ranxo: leased forest plot. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
rata traginera: large rat; fig., person who comes and goes without stopping (Mall.). Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
reble / rebliment: small stone for filling and drainage. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
rebliment: filled with small stone. Dry-stone waller's tools (eines de marger) →
rebló: rivet. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
rebló: rivet. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
rebosillet de punt: knitted or lace rebosillo. Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
rebosillo: fine cloth hat from the pagesa (Castilianism, from rebociño). Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
rebosillo (xeremies): small cloth that covers the passage between sarró and tubes of the xeremies so that hair does not enter (Mall., DCVB). Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
rebost: pantry. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
rebost: pantry (room). Arquibanc →
rebost: pantry (room). Tinell →
recader: who carries orders from one place to another (Castilianism according to DCVB; popular figure of the town messenger, to verify). Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
rechilieu: openwork with bars that join the gaps. Brodats i calats →
reclam: feeder. Gàbia enganadora (decoy cage) →
recuit: annealed. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
refort / talonera / somereta: heel strap (Petra / Manacor / Son Servera). Avarques (varques) →
regala: plank that finishes the gunwale. Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
regala: plank that finishes the gunwale. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
regala: plank that finishes the gunwale, where the scale goes. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
reixa: fence. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
rella: reja. Jou (yoke) and Mallorcan ploughing →
relliquis: pictures of saints. Cossier and Dama costume →
relliquis: sewn images of saints. Cossiers de Montuïri →
rem: row. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
rentador: sink. Gerrer →
rentador: sink. Plater →
replè (o passat): filling made with little crosses together. Brodats i calats →
repols: conical iron bar for driving nails (Mall.; fon. rəpóɫs). Boters →
repols: conical iron bar for driving nails (Mall.). Bóta and cooper's tools →
repussat: embossed. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
respatler: backup. Arquibanc →
retaule: altarpiece. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
retaule: altarpiece. Sailors' ex-votos and altarpieces →
revetla: festival of the eve. Sant Sebastià (Palma i Pollença) →
ribell / llibrell / gibrell: lebrillo; in Mallorca, ribell. Ribella i ribell →
ribella / llibrella / gibrella: basin; in Mallorca, ribella. Ribella i ribell →
ribelleta / ribellona: diminutive / augmentative (DCVB). Ribella i ribell →
riscla: ring or edge of the garbell. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
risus paschalis: Easter laughter. Sermó de l'Enganalla (Llucmajor) →
roba de llengües / tela de llengos: Mallorcan fabric with a flame pattern made with ikat. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
robiol: sweet dumpling. Confiters and pastissers (confectioners) →
robiol / rubiol: sweet dumpling filled with brossat, jam or cream (Mall.). Forners →
roda: home work distribution network throughout the towns. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
roda: curved piece of the bow (or stern). Vela llatina (lateen sail) and mestres d'aixa (shipwrights) →
roda: curved piece of bow or stern. Llaüt (com a objecte) →
roda plena: solid disc wheel. Carro mallorquí (Mallorcan cart) →
roder: in Mallorca, a worker who works on the gerrer wheel (DCVB); in Andorra, carpenter. Cart and wheel makers →
rodet: rodezno. Tremuja and moles (miller's tools) →
romana: Roman balance. Romana (steelyard balance) →
romeria: festive pilgrimage, traditional place of sale. Siurells →
romeria: party next to a sanctuary or church. Sant Marçal and the Fira del Fang (Marratxí) →
roncó: main staff. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
roncó: sounding bass drum. Xeremies →
rosari: chain of deciduous trees. Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
rosari: rosary. Rosari ensucrat from Tots Sants →
rostidora: elongated greixonera for roasting. Greixonera →
roter: peasant who plowed and cultivated rotes. Pedra en sec (dry-stone walling) and margers →
Rotlet, Pas Nou, Cadenetes: dances. Cavallets of Felanitx →
rotlo: sitja platform. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
rotlo: circle of people around the dimonis. Sant Antoni d'Artà →
ràfec: tile eaves. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →

S

s'Encontrada: Easter meeting procession. Sermó de l'Enganalla (Llucmajor) →
sa bugada de Na Xesca, si no és calenta ja és fresca: saying for a poorly done cleaning (Mall.). Cossi i bugada →
sa punta: slave. Cossier and Dama costume →
sa punta: cape with prints. Cossiers de Montuïri →
sabater: shoemaker. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
sabater: shoemaker. Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
sabater de vell: cobbler (DCVB). Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
sabates d'espart: esparto footwear. Cossiers of Manacor →
saboner: someone who makes or sells soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
saboneria: soap factory. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
sabó: soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
sabó dur: hard soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
sabó fluix: soft soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
sac / sarró: wineskin. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
sac / sarró: wineskin. Xeremies →
safareig (de tafona): oil works deposit (Mall.). Safareig →
safareig / safreig: irrigation pond (Bal.). Safareig →
sagnar: bleed. Barbers and surgeons →
sala: guild headquarters. Escuts dels gremis de Mallorca →
salabre: salabardo (bal., DCVB). Salabre →
sanefa: decorative sewn tin border. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
Sant Joan Pelós: “hairy” Saint John the Baptist. Corpus of Pollença: Àguiles and Sant Joan Pelós →
sarrió (Mall.): llatra disc with two handles for sweeping and straw. Sàrria i sarrió →
sarrió (Santa Margalida): palm mat lined with sackcloth behind the packsaddle. Sàrria i sarrió →
sastre / sastressa: someone who makes custom clothing. Tailors and hosiery →
saïmera: greixonera with cutouts to pour the butter. Greixonera →
secallona: ripe fig with already aged skin; rutló — the one who falls alone (Pons). Sequer and canyissos (drying racks) →
sedàs: sieve. Garbell, porgador and sedàs (sieves) →
sega / segar: laborer of the harvest. Falç i falçó →
segador: the reaping / reaping. Falç i falçó →
seller / selleter: one who makes saddles. Basters and selleters (saddlers) →
sembradora: sowing basket; sowing machine Sembradora (sowing basket) →
sembrar a eixam: broadcast. Sembradora (sowing basket) →
senalla: carrycot with two handles. Esparto and basketry →
senalla: palm or espart carrycot with two handles. Senalla (palm basket) →
senalla / senalleta: small carrycot / carrycot, the emblematic piece. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
senalla de clotar: wide and low, to swallow earth. Senalla (palm basket) →
senalla farinera: tall and narrow, to collect flour in the mill. Senalla (palm basket) →
senallater: wholesale buyer of palm work. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
senallater: wholesale buyer of palm work. Senalla (palm basket) →
senalleta: small sign, for shopping or for a walk. Senalla (palm basket) →
senyal: ear mark. Livestock ear marks (senyal de bestiar) →
senyal del pa: mark of each house on the bread. Livestock ear marks (senyal de bestiar) →
sequer: drying room; the canyissos full; your shed (Mall.). Sequer and canyissos (drying racks) →
serra: trestles. Wood saws: serra de cadastre and verduc →
serra de cadastre: sawyer. Wood saws: serra de cadastre and verduc →
serrador: saw. Wood saws: serra de cadastre and verduc →
serraller: locksmith. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
Sibil·la: prophetess; the singer Vestit i espasa de la Sibil·la →
Sibil·la: prophetess; also who sings it. Cant de la Sibil·la (Song of the Sibyl) →
sitja: charcoal pile. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
siurell: whistle-clay figure; from siular, to whistle. Siurells →
siurell: whistle-clay figure; from siular, to whistle. Siurell →
siurell: clay whistle-figure. Sant Marçal and the Fira del Fang (Marratxí) →
Siurellada: parade of the Sa Cabaneta festivities with people dressed as siurell. Siurells →
Siurellada: Sa Cabaneta parade with people dressed as siurell. Siurell →
siurellera: woman who models siurells. Siurells →
siurellera: woman who models them. Siurell →
siurelleria: craft or workshop of siurells; section of the Fang Museum. Siurells →
sobrassada: raw pork sausage with paprika, typical of the Balearic Islands. Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
sobrassada: cured minced meat sausage with paprika. Matances →
soca: stump and base of the trunk. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
sola: sole. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
sola: sole. Avarques (varques) →
sola: braided fiber sole. Espardenyes →
soldador: tool for melting tin (per verify local term). Llauners and estanyers (tinsmiths) →
sonador: musician. Ball de bot and gloses (folk dance and improvised verse) →
sonadors: musicians. Sant Antoni de Manacor →
sosa: alkali for hard soap. Sabó (Mallorcan artisan soap) →
suro: cork. Almadrava →
sàrria: serón (1 sàrria = 8 arroves = 2 quintars). Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
sàrria / sària: double serón for the pack animal. Sàrria i sarrió →
sàrries (Petra, Vilafranca): esquellots, cowbells (DCVB). Sàrria i sarrió →
sínia: Ferris wheel. Safareig →
sínia / cini: Ferris wheel (in Mallorca also Cini, as cited by DCVB). Poal and cadufos (well bucket and waterwheel pots) →
síquia: ditch. Safareig →
sòcol: socket. Caixa de núvia (bridal chest) →

T

taco / matriu: engraved wooden block. Estampers and popular printing (Impremta Guasp) →
taco / matriu: engraved block. Woodcuts of the Impremta Guasp →
tacó: heel. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
tafarra / rabasta: ataharre. Harness: collera, bast and aubarda →
tafona: Mallorcan oil mill: trull, press and building. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
tafona: Mallorcan oil mill. Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
tafoner / tafoner major: tafona worker / who assembles the pile. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
tafoner major: who assembles the pile of esportins. Cofí and esportí (esparto baskets) →
taleca: bag. Coll de tords (thrush net-hunting) →
tall: loin. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
tallant: cutting tool. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
tallant (de picapedrer): two-bladed tool for chipping away at stone. Podadora and tallant (pruning hooks) →
tallant / taiant: striking blade; in Mallorca, as a butcher. Podadora and tallant (pruning hooks) →
tallista / tallador: who carves. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
tamboret: stool (general form). Balancí and tibulet (rocking chair) →
tamborí: tambourine. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
tamborí / tamborino: tambourine. Flabiol and tamborino (pipe and tabor) →
tancador: closure. Perles de Manacor (Manacor pearls) →
tant va sa gerra en es pou, que a la fi se trenca: proverb (Mall.). Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →
tantes vegades va el cànter a la font, que arriba que es trenca: saying (also bal.; DCVB). Càntir and botilla (water jugs) →
tapa: lid; The interior is the painted canvas. Mariner's box →
tarongí: aromatic plant in the recipe. Alambiners and herbes de Mallorca (herbal liqueur) →
tascó: wedge to separate the block. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
tascó: wedge. Stonemason's tools (eines de picapedrer) →
taula: table. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
taula d'estisora: cross-legged table. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
taula ministre: table with drawers. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
taula plegadissa: folding table. Taula and bufet (table and sideboard) →
teia: resinous pine splinter. Fitora and torchlight fishing (encesa) →
teixidor / teixidora: whoever weaves. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
teixidor de llana: wool weaver; own guild. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
teixidor de lli: weaver of vegetable fibers (linen, hemp, cotton); own guild since the Modern Age. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
teler: trenat hand loom. Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
teler: loom. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
temprar: temper. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
tenalles: tongs. Ferro forjat (wrought iron) →
tenalles: tongs. Enclusa i manxa →
tenir carros / carretells: turn rough (Sóller). Baldufa →
tenir més gana que un trinxet nou: very curved nose (Mall., Men.). There is a popular song: "Mestre Miquel, vós teniu / aqueix nas com un trinxet." Trinxet (Mallorcan pocket knife) →
tenyir: dye. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
tenyir: dye. Tintorers (dyers) →
Ternelles: property and valley where the pine comes from. Pi de Sant Antoni de Pollença →
terratzo: cement pavement with marble china. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
terrisser: who makes tiles and bricks in the teulera. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
test: piece of broken ceramic. Adobacossis and cordadors d'olles (pot menders) →
teula: piece of baked clay to cover the roof. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teula cobertora: the one that goes upside down, on top of the channel ones. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teula de canal: the one that goes face up and conducts the water. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teula pintada: tile decorated with calç and mangra. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teula àrab: traditional curved tile. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teulada: covered with tiles. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teuler: person who makes tiles. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teuler: potter's wheel. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
teulera / teuleria: workshop and oven where they are made; in Mallorca, teulera. Teules (roof tiles) and teuleres →
teuleria: tile; In Felanitx he also made gerretes. Olleria de Felanitx and the gerreta felanitxera →
tiba: falling stone. Llosa (stone trap) →
tibal / bancal / capçaler: fixed stone. Llosa (stone trap) →
tibulet: stool. Cadiraires and cordat de cadires (bova and palma) →
tibulet: stool (Manacor, Sant Llorenç). Balancí and tibulet (rocking chair) →
tibulet: stool. Cadira de bova (rush chair) and bench →
tinell: tiered shelving for dishes. Tinell →
tintorer: dyer. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
tintorer: dyer; regulated trade in Mallorca since 1315. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
tintorer: someone who dyes textile materials. Tintorers (dyers) →
tintoreria: dye workshop. Tintorers (dyers) →
tir de fona: sport. Fona →
tirador: space or frame to stretch the cloths after dyeing them. Flassades (Mallorcan wool blankets) →
tirapeu / estirapeu: tirapeu. Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
tisores de sastre: large scissors for cutting fabric. Tailors and hosiery →
toc: ringing. Bell founders and bell ringers →
toc de morts: death knell. Bell founders and bell ringers →
tolet: metal scale. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
tomar: knock down, make fall (Mall.). Harvesting carobs and almonds (canya de prendre) →
tomar garroves / ametles: harvest carob / almonds. Harvesting carobs and almonds (canya de prendre) →
tondre: shear. Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
tondre / abaixar: trim the hair from the cloth. Paraires and draperia (wool cloth making) →
tondre de filera / de gra d'ordi / de miralló: shearing patterns (Mall.). Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
torcedor: stick with string to hold the animal's nose while shoeing. Ferradors and manescals (farriers and vets) →
torcedor de seda: one who twists the thread. Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
tord: thrush; in Mallorca, tord blanc or simply tord. Coll de tords (thrush net-hunting) →
torn: lathe. Torners (wood turners) →
torn: lathe; terrisser wheel (DCVB). Torn de gerrer →
torn: glaze (lead, in tradition). Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
torn d'aigua: irrigation shift (to verify Majorcan term). Safareig →
tornada: chorus. Goigs →
torner: lathe. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
torner: turner. Torners (wood turners) →
torrada: roasted. Foguero →
torrada: grilled meat from the fogueró. Sant Sebastià (Palma i Pollença) →
torçar: to twist. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
tos / tosa: sheared. Estisores de tondre (shearing scissors) →
trabucaire: bandit armed with a blunderbuss. Firó de Sóller (Moros i Cristians) →
traginar: carry. Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
traginer: intermediary who collected the work house by house. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
traginer: someone dedicated to transporting goods. Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
traginer d'oli: the one that transported the oil purchased at the banc de l'oli. Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
traginer de garrot: the one who carried the load on the back of a beast (doc. 1496, Mallorca). Traginers and carreters (muleteers and carters) →
trama: thread that crosses the order from side to side. Roba de llengües (Mallorcan ikat) →
trasmall: three-ply net. Gànguil i xarxes →
traspalar: move the grain from one pile to another with the shovel. Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →
trefilar: stretching metallic thread through the spinneret. Traditional jewelry and Mallorcan buttons →
tremuja: hopper. Moliners →
tremuja: hopper. Tremuja and moles (miller's tools) →
trenat / trençat: braided skin (trençat, popular form in Inca). Espardenyes i calçat (Inca) →
trencador: someone who tears up blocks in the quarry. Marès stone and picapedrers (stonemasons) →
trepa: metal grid that separates the colors. Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
trepitjar: step on the grapes. Cup i canyís (trepitjar el raïm) →
trespeus: trivets. Foganya (hearth) and fire tools →
trespeus: in Mallorca, three-legged foot of the sink. Ribella i ribell →
trespol: floor of a room (in Mallorca). Rajoles hidràuliques (hydraulic cement tiles) →
triar la sitja: extinguish and classify the charcoal. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
trill: board or roller thresh (Cat., Val.); not Mallorcan. Carretó de batre (threshing sledge) →
trinxet: skin cutting blade. Shoemaker's tools (eines de sabater) →
trinxet: curved pocket knife (Mall.). Trinxet (Mallorcan pocket knife) →
trull / mola: stone that grinds the olive. Premsa de biga (olive-mill beam press) →
trull / trui: olive mill; stone that grinds (Mancor). Trull de tafona (olive mill) →
trunyella: hair braid. Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
túnel: cossier skirt (Montuïri). Cossier and Dama costume →
túnel: colored skirt of the cossier. Cossiers de Montuïri →

U

ull: central chimney of the sitja. Carboners and sitges (charcoal burners) →
ull: hole in the iron where the handle enters. Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
ull: be careful where the handle enters. Càvec →
ull: eye of the handle. Destral i picassó →
ullet: small round embroidered hole. Brodats i calats →
una gerra, quan se trenca, a qualque lloc deu ferir: proverb (Mall.). Alfàbia, gerra and gerricó (Mallorcan earthenware jars) →

V

Valentes Dones: the Casasnovas sisters, heroines of Can Tamany (please check names). Firó de Sóller (Moros i Cristians) →
varqueres: strings that tie the avarca to the leg. Avarques (varques) →
vell / velló de llana: fleece. Tintorers (dyers) →
vellut: velvet. Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
velluter: who made or sold velvet (majorcan doc. 1573 and 1623, BSAL). Velluters (velvet weavers) and silk →
vencill: grass tying (càrritx) to make bundles. Corderia: rope making (hemp, esparto, palm) →
vencís: tie of the garba. Falç i falçó →
vencís / vencí: tie of the garba (Mall.). Garba, garbera and vencís (sheaves and stacks) →
vendedor: blow for the fire (Bal.); also who winnows the grain. Palm fans (ventall and ventador) →
ventall: in the palm, the already open leaf of the garballó. Graneres and graneretes →
ventalla: brim of the hat. Capellers and barreters (hat makers) →
ventalla: wing. Capell de palma (palm hat) →
ventar: winnow the grain. Winnowing shovel and threshing-floor hut →
ventilate: give air; winnow. Palm fans (ventall and ventador) →
verd de coure: copper green. Siurells →
verduc: thin olive or wild olive rod for basket weaving. Barral (wine flask) →
verduc: two-man chopper (Mall.). Wood saws: serra de cadastre and verduc →
verema: vintage. Cup i canyís (trepitjar el raïm) →
veria / averia negra: botifarró paste. Omplidor and matances (pig slaughter) tools →
vespra: eve, the night of the 16th. Sant Antoni de sa Pobla →
vesta: tunic. Capirot and confraternity robe →
veta: drawing of the fiber. Fusta d'olivera (olive wood) →
veta: ribbon to tie. Espardenyes →
veu de cossi: cascaded voice (Mall.). Cossi i bugada →
vidres pintats: painted glass. Escriptori and arquella (writing desk and casket) →
vidriat: workshop; It is directed by the master. Mallorcan pottery and gerreria (Pòrtol, Sa Cabaneta, Felanitx) →
vidrier: master glazier. Vidre bufat (Mallorcan blown glass) →
virolla: metal ring on the handle. Ganiveteria (knife making) →
vogar: row. Rems (oars) and escàlems →
vol: complete flip. Bell founders and bell ringers →
voladís: cantilevered eaves. Mallorcan joinery (doors, windows, shutters) →
voladís: eaves. Wood carving and sculpture (altarpieces, imagery) →
volant: alternative party headdress to the rebosillo (to verify shape). Rebosillo and mocador (traditional headscarves) →
volta: stone vault over the hearth. Calciners and lime kilns →
voreta: cylindrical reinforcing edge with a carritx core. Obra de palma: llata and garballó (palm weaving) →
voreta: reinforcing edge with a càrritx core. Senalla (palm basket) →
vímet: wicker. Esparto and basketry →
vímet: wicker. Cove (covo) i paner →

X

xada boca-ampla: with a wide edge, for firewood. Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
xada puntera / gavetera: with tip, for trenches (drawers). Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
xapa: thin wood veneer. Calaixera →
xapat: veneered. Mallorcan cabinetmaking and furniture →
xapat: veneered. Mallorcan neoclassical furniture and Isern workshop →
xapeta / xapolina: small hoe (Mall.). Aixada i xapeta (aixadell) →
xarxa / xerxa: red (xerxa in Balearic pronunciation). Gànguil i xarxes →
xarxa cega: very narrow mesh. Gànguil i xarxes →
xeremier: who plays the xeremies. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
xeremier: who touches it. Xeremies →
xeremies: Mallorcan bagpipe. Xeremies →
xerrac: saw. Carpenter's tools (eines de fuster) →
xeta: tap/sink of the cup (Inca). Cup i canyís (trepitjar el raïm) →
xeta / aixeta: tap. Aixeta (tap) →
xicra: cup. Xocolaters →
xilografia: wood engraving. Estampers and popular printing (Impremta Guasp) →
xilografia: wood engraving. Woodcuts of the Impremta Guasp →
ximbomba: zambomba. Traditional instruments and luthiers (xeremies, flabiols, guitars) →
ximbomba: zambomba (Mall., Men.). Ximbomba →
ximbomber: who plays it (per verify usage). Ximbomba →
ximbombeta: small ximbomba. Ximbomba →
xiulell / xiurell / siulet: variants of the name depending on the area. Siurells →
xiulell / xiurell / siulet: variants depending on the area. Siurell →
xocolata desfeta: hot chocolate. Xocolaters →
xocolater / xocolatera: who makes or sells chocolate (fon. mall. ʃokoɫəté, ʃikoɫəté). Xocolaters →
xocolatera: container for chocolate. Xocolaters →