balik

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See also: balık, Balık, and balík

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik
  • IPA(key): /baˈlik/

Adverb

balík (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. inside out

Noun

balík (plural baralik, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. return; act of coming back, to going back
    Synonym: buwelta
  2. act of returning (for) something
    Synonym: uli

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalik/

Verb

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. to return
    Synonyms: buwelta, uli
  2. to repeat
    Synonyms: usab, subli

Noun

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. return; an act of returning
    Synonyms: buwelta, uli

Quotations

Derived terms

Anagrams

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlik/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Noun

balík (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. turn
  2. change
  3. to and fro movement

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay balik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

Noun

balik (plural balik-balik, first-person possessive balikku, second-person possessive balikmu, third-person possessive baliknya)

  1. behind, rear, back-end.

Verb

balik

  1. to return
    Synonyms: kembali, pulang

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik (“reverse, turn around”). Cognate with Tagalog balik.

Pronunciation

Adverb

balik

  1. back

Noun

balik (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balik-balik, informal 1st possessive balikku, 2nd possessive balikmu, 3rd possessive baliknya)

  1. back part, behind

Verb

balik

  1. to return, to turn

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: balik

Further reading

  • “balik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balik₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Verb

balik

  1. to return
  2. to repeat
  3. to memorize
  4. to disillusion

Polish

Etymology

From bal +‎ -ik.

Pronunciation

Noun

balik m inan (diminutive baliczek)

  1. diminutive of bal

Declension

Declension of balik
singular plural
nominative balik baliki
genitive baliku balików
dative balikowi balikom
accusative balik baliki
instrumental balikiem balikami
locative baliku balikach
vocative baliku baliki
adjective
adverb
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • balik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare Malay balik, Cebuano balik, and Ilocano balik.

Pronunciation

Noun

balík (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. return; going back (to a place)
    Synonyms: uwi, pag-uwi
  2. giving back; return (of an object)
    Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli
  3. restoration; return to a former position
  4. retreat; turning back
    Synonyms: urong, pag-urong, atras
  5. repetition
    Synonyms: ulit, pag-uulit
  6. turning over (of food cooked on a grill or live coal)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Verb

balik

  1. to repeat

Volapük

Adjective

balik

  1. only
  2. simple
  3. sole
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