balbal

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæl.bəl/

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• Rhymes: -ælbəl

balbal (plural balbals)

1. (historical) In pre-Islamic Turkic cultures, a stone laid at the tomb of a warrior which symbolized an enemy they had killed in their lifetime, with the number laid being equal to the number of enemies slain.

• Hyphenation: bal‧bal
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalbal/

bálbal

1. (Philippine folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster

bálbal

1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
2. (of a balbal) to hunt or attack prey

• ungo, ekek, kikik, wakwak

• IPA^(key): /bəlˈbal/
• Hyphenation: bal‧bal

balbal

1. broken into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)

balbal

1. shattered pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.bal/

balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil)

1. to gibber, to babble

balbal

1. witch, cannibal

• balbalan

Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan balbal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balˈbal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bal‧bal

balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

1. broken into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
2. slangy (of a word)

balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

1. broken pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
2. breaking into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
3. slang; vulgar word

   Synonyms: salitang-kalye, salitang-kanto, salitang-balbal, islang, kawi

• bali-bali

• “balbal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• lablab

• IPA^(key):

balbal

1. spool, spindle

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh