balai

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See also: bālai, bălai, bălăi, bälai, and Ba Lai

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaʔi/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

Noun

balai

  1. godmother

Esperanto

Etymology

A verbal formation from French balai.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

Verb

balai (present balaas, past balais, future balaos, conditional balaus, volitive balau)

  1. to sweep

Conjugation

Conjugation of balai
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense balaas balais balaos
active participle balaanta balaantaj balainta balaintaj balaonta balaontaj
acc. balaantan balaantajn balaintan balaintajn balaontan balaontajn
passive participle balaata balaataj balaita balaitaj balaota balaotaj
acc. balaatan balaatajn balaitan balaitajn balaotan balaotajn
nominal active participle balaanto balaantoj balainto balaintoj balaonto balaontoj
acc. balaanton balaantojn balainton balaintojn balaonton balaontojn
nominal passive participle balaato balaatoj balaito balaitoj balaoto balaotoj
acc. balaaton balaatojn balaiton balaitojn balaoton balaotojn
adverbial active participle balaante balainte balaonte
adverbial passive participle balaate balaite balaote
infinitive balai imperative balau conditional balaus

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French balain (“bundle of broom”), from Middle Breton balain, balazn, from Old Breton balan or Gaulish *balano-, from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom plant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

balai m (plural balais)

  1. broom
  2. broomstick flown by witches
  3. (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night)
  4. tail (of a bird of prey)
  5. brush (electrical contact)
  6. blade (of windscreen wiper)
  7. (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age)
    Elle a quarante balais ― She’s forty

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: balai

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay. Semantic loan from Minangkabau balai for sense of market.

Pronunciation

Noun

balai (plural balai-balai, first-person possessive balaiku, second-person possessive balaimu, third-person possessive balainya)

  1. public hall
    Synonym: paseban
  2. building
    Synonym: gedung
  3. office or bureau
    Synonyms: biro, kantor
  4. house of parliament
  5. (dated) house in a palace
  6. market
    Synonyms: pasar, pekan
Related terms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gorontalo

Pronunciation

Noun

balai (plural balai-balai, first-person possessive balaiku, second-person possessive balaimu, third-person possessive balainya)

  1. cattle tick

Further reading

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese balaio.

Noun

balai

  1. (Sotavento) basket

References

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

Noun

balai (Jawi spelling بالاي, plural balai-balai, informal 1st possessive balaiku, 2nd possessive balaimu, 3rd possessive balainya)

  1. hall, station, large building for public uses
  2. (possibly obsolete) house
  3. (dialectal) veranda, a front part of traditional house

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalaj/

Verb

balai

  1. third-person singular past indicative of ballat

Occitan

Noun

balai m (plural balais) (Limousin)

  1. broom

Portuguese

Verb

balai

  1. second-person plural imperative of balar

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaʔi/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

Noun

balai (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of balae
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