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Balinese
Romanization
bali
- Romanization of ᬩᬮᬶ
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
bali
- a cash advance
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
bali
- the opposite, the reverse
Verb
bali
- to invert, to reverse
Adjective
bali
- changed to a contrary or counterchanged order or direction; characterized by inversion; turned upside down; reversed; opposite; contrary
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
bali
- to break off, to remove
- to fracture
Noun
bali
- a break, a breakage, a fracture
Adjective
bali
- broken, fractured
Finnish
Etymology
< Bali
Pronunciation
Noun
bali
- The Balinese language.
Declension
Synonyms
Related terms
Hiligaynon
Adjective
balî
- broken
Verb
bálì
- break
Hungarian
Etymology
Bali + -i (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
Adjective
bali (not comparable)
- Balinese (of or relating to Bali, its inhabitants, or their language or culture)
1960 July 31, K. I., “A szépség szigete (‘The Island of Beauty’)”, in A Hét, volume 5, number 31, page 18:[Kikiáltották] Azt a függetlenséget, amelyért még esztendő múltán is, 1946 novemberében 96 bali partizán halt hősi halált itt, ezen a sík mezőn. Az emlékmű az ő emléküket őrzi.- The independence for which, even a year later, in November 1946, 96 Balinese partisans died heroically here, on this flat field. The monument commemorates them.
Declension
Iban
Pronunciation 1
IPA(key): /balɪʔ/
Verb
bali
- alter; change
Pronunciation 2
IPA(key): /balɪ/
Noun
bali
- a woven Iban textiles, which figure prominently in the traditional faith and customs of Ibans
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bali (“grassy bank”), which, according to Pokorny, is from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow up, swell”); see also Proto-Germanic *balluz, Albanian bole.
Noun
bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)
- a grassy bank
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Danish balje, balle, from Middle Low German ballie, balge, from French baille.
Noun
bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)
- a (small) tub
Declension
References
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.li/
- Rhymes: -ali
- Hyphenation: bà‧li
Noun
balî m
- plural of balio
Javanese
Romanization
bali
- Romanization of ꦧꦭꦶ
Kavalan
Noun
bali
- wind
Limos Kalinga
Noun
bali
- typhoon
Maranao
Noun
bali
- price
- worth
Derived terms
Masbatenyo
Adjective
balì
- broken; fractured
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from bale. Compare also Belial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaːliː/, /ˈbɛːliː/
Noun
bali (plural balis)
- (Early Middle English) The Evil One, the Devil.
Descendants
References
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.li/
- Rhymes: -li
- Hyphenation: ba‧li
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Doublet of balik, wali, and waluy.
Adverb
bali
- again, once more
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of wali.
Noun
bali
- tribute, offering
- propitiatory oblation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Adverb
bali
- indeed, surely
Derived terms
Further reading
- "bali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀩𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- बलि (Devanagari script)
- বলি (Bengali script)
- බලි (Sinhalese script)
- ဗလိ or ၿလိ (Burmese script)
- พลิ or พะลิ (Thai script)
- ᨻᩃᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ພລິ or ພະລິ (Lao script)
- ពលិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄝𑄣𑄨 (Chakma script)
Noun
bali m
- religious offering
- revenue
- tax
Declension
Declension table of "bali" (masculine)
Adjective
bali
- inflection of balin (“strong”):
- nominative singular neuter
- vocative singular masculine/neuter
Pangasinan
Noun
báli
- lie
References
- Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.li/
- Rhymes: -ali
- Syllabification: ba‧li
Verb
bali
- third-person plural virile past of bać
Portuguese
Verb
bali
- inflection of balir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
Noun
bali
- air
- wind
Sango
Noun
bali
- river
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic بَل (bal).
Adverb
bali
- however, on the contrary
Conjunction
bali
- but instead
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi बाली (bālī).
Noun
bali (n class, plural bali)
- earring
- Synonyms: hereni, kipuli
References
- ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 125: “Swahili bali (ear-ring), banyani (Hindu, Jain), bepari (trader, capitalist), bima (insurance), binda (okra, ladies fingers), and binda (loin cloth) are therefore most probably of Hindustani source (or Marathi/Konkani, Punjabi).”
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Bikol Central bari, Cebuano bali, and Hiligaynon bali.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaliʔ/, (noun: fracture, break)
- IPA(key): /baˈliʔ/, (adjective: fractured, broken; noun: granary basket made of woven bamboo splits)
- Hyphenation: ba‧li
Noun
balì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)
- fracture (of the bone)
- break of an elongated object (such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
- Synonyms: bakli, sapak
Derived terms
Adjective
balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)
- fractured
- broken (of elongated objects such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
Noun
balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)
- medium-sized granary basket made of woven bamboo splits
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbali/,
- Hyphenation: ba‧li
Conjunction
bali (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)
- Alternative form of bale
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *bʷali, extended form of *bʷa, possibly from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ba.
Pronunciation
Verb
bali
- to not be
- Synonym: ba
Descendants
Further reading
- Lynch, John (2002 December) “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, pages 310-362
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
bali
- (transitive) to bind, tie
- bali cingacinga ― to fasten a hair bun
Conjugation
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics