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Acholi

Verb

balo

  1. to spoil

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/,

Noun

balo

  1. widow
    Synonym: biyuda
  2. widower
    Synonym: biyudo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo
  • IPA(key): /baˈloʔ/,

Verb

balô

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to try; to attempt
    Synonym: probar
Derived terms

Bwatoo

Etymology

From French ballon.

Noun

balo

  1. ball

Synonyms

References

  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balo

  1. the houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balo (accusative singular balon, plural baloj, accusative plural balojn)

  1. ball (formal dance)

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balo

  1. widow

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

bálo

  1. widow

Etymology 2

Noun

balò

  1. an alarm or warning

Verb

balò

  1. to warn of danger

Etymology 3

Noun

balô

  1. a slip knot or noose

Etymology 4

Verb

baló

  1. (obsolete) to know

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/,
  • Hyphenation: bá‧lo

Noun

bálo

  1. widow; widower

Derived terms

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Toraja-Sa'dan .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balo (first-person possessive baloku, second-person possessive balomu, third-person possessive balonya)

  1. alcoholic beverage from aren palm.

Further reading

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balo

  1. widow; widower

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bē-. Compare Ancient Greek βῆ (bê) and Latin bebō (“I yell, scream”).

Pronunciation

Verb

bālō (present infinitive bālāre, perfect active bālāvī, supine bālātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) to bleat, baa
  2. (intransitive) to talk foolishly

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bālō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bālō bālās bālat bālāmus bālātis bālant
imperfect bālābam bālābās bālābat bālābāmus bālābātis bālābant
future bālābō bālābis bālābit bālābimus bālābitis bālābunt
perfect bālāvī bālāvistī bālāvit bālāvimus bālāvistis bālāvērunt,
bālāvēre
pluperfect bālāveram bālāverās bālāverat bālāverāmus bālāverātis bālāverant
future perfect bālāverō bālāveris bālāverit bālāverimus bālāveritis bālāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bālem bālēs bālet bālēmus bālētis bālent
imperfect bālārem bālārēs bālāret bālārēmus bālārētis bālārent
perfect bālāverim bālāverīs bālāverit bālāverīmus bālāverītis bālāverint
pluperfect bālāvissem bālāvissēs bālāvisset bālāvissēmus bālāvissētis bālāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — bālā — — bālāte —
future — bālātō bālātō — bālātōte bālantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives bālāre bālāvisse bālātūrum esse — — —
participles bālāns — bālātūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
bālandī bālandō bālandum bālandō bālātum bālātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: belare
  • → Portuguese: balar
  • Spanish: balar

References

  • “balo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “balo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bē-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 96-97

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balo

  1. widow

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balu, see also Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”), Old English bealu, Old Norse bǫl.

Noun

balo n

  1. destruction

Old Saxon

Noun

balo n

  1. Alternative form of balu

Portuguese

Verb

balo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of balar
  2. first-person singular present indicative of balir

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (bāla), from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).

Noun

balo m (nominative plural bale)

  1. pig

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bālá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “baló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 19a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o bal/o, -es m. -e, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 73a

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

balo f

  1. vocative singular of bală

Sambali

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balo

  1. widow; widower

Etymology 2

Conjunction

balô

  1. but

Spanish

Verb

balo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of balar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu. Compare Malay balu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

  1. widow; widower
    Synonyms: (female) biyuda, (male) biyudo
Alternative forms
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

  1. widowed (of a person)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. act of fooling oneself into thinking one over the other
  2. act of losing one's strength
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaloʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. rope made from a strange liana
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaloʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Interjection

balò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. nothing!
    Synonym: wala

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlo/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

baló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. act of scaring children with duendes
Derived terms

References

Ternate

Etymology

Likely related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj; see Uneapa balu (“dove”).

Pronunciation

Noun

balo

  1. either the wood pigeon or the green pigeon

References

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

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

balo (plural balolar)

  1. affliction
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