Vent xaloc, | vent avorrit; | a la mar basques | i a la terra humitat
Language or variety: 
Catalan
Literal translation: 

Viento jaloque, | viento aburrido; | en el mar bochorno[s] [calores] | y en la tierra humedad

Comments: 

Localizado en la isla de Mallorca. En el DCVB (s. v. basca) aparece como: Vent xaloc, vent avorrit: a les mars basques i a la terra humit. Esta misma obra localiza basca ("calor forta i feixuga que dificulta la respiració") en Tortosa, el Maestrazgo, Valencia, Alicante, Mallorca, Menorca e Ibiza.

Categorization
Meteorology: 
heat
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[southeasterly]
<names of winds [in italics + a succint  description]>
damp
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General Subject Area: 
sea
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bad omen
<omen>
personification (in general)
<personification and the like>
ground, soil
<territory>
Geolocation

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Geographic locations:
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  • Mallorca
    Territory:

    Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Sources
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Author Title Edition In source
ALCOVER, Antoni M. / Francesc de B. MOLL Diccionari català-valencià-balear [10 vols.] [también consultable en línea: http://dcvb.iecat.net/] Editorial:
Moll
Place of edition:
Palma de Mallorca
Publication date:
1930-1962
 Page:
341
Sub voce:
basca
Proverb number:
b)
Volume:
II
SANCHIS GUARNER, Manuel Els vents segons la cultura popular Editorial:
Barcino
Place of edition:
Barcelona
Publication date:
1952
 Page:
49
Proverb number:
183
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