balang

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See also: bɑlɑŋ

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalaŋ/,
  • Hyphenation: bá‧lang

Adjective

bálang (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. evil
    Synonym: tawataw

Khasi

Noun

balang f

  1. congregation, church
    U Khlieh ka balang
    the head of the congregation

Malay

Pronunciation

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Noun

balang (Jawi spelling بالڠ, plural balang-balang, informal 1st possessive balangku, 2nd possessive balangmu, 3rd possessive balangnya)

  1. large glass bottles with small mouth
  2. A container
  3. (dialectal, Sambas) locust

Further reading

Maranao

Verb

balang

  1. to happen, to occur
  2. to hinder

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

balang

  1. sound of a large bell

References

  • balang in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lang
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalaŋ/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balalaŋ (“grasshopper; locust”). Compare Malay belalang and Javanese ꦮꦭꦁ (walang).

Noun

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. locust
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From bala +‎ -ng.

Determiner

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. every; each; everyone
    Synonym: bawat
  2. any; anyone; some
  3. whoever; whichever; whatever
Derived terms
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Further reading

  • “balang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*balalaŋ₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Ngiyambaa pala.

Noun

balang

  1. head
    • 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:
      bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
      Head .... ballang
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
      Ballang—the head.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
      Head .... .... .... bullang.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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