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Acholi
Verb
balo
- to spoil
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbalo/
- Hyphenation: ba‧lo
Noun
bálo (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)
- widow
- Synonym: biyuda
- widower
- Synonym: biyudo
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈloʔ/
- Hyphenation: ba‧lo
Verb
balô (plural baralo, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to try; to attempt
- Synonym: probar
Derived terms
Bwatoo
Etymology
From French ballon.
Noun
balo
- ball
Synonyms
References
- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN)
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
balo
- the houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
balo (accusative singular balon, plural baloj, accusative plural balojn)
- ball (formal dance)
Higaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Noun
balo
- widow
Hiligaynon
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Noun
bálo
- widow
Etymology 2
Noun
balò
- an alarm or warning
Verb
balò
- to warn of danger
Etymology 3
Noun
balô
- a slip knot or noose
Etymology 4
Verb
baló
- (obsolete) to know
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbalo/
- Hyphenation: bá‧lo
Noun
bálo
- widow; widower
Derived terms
Indonesian
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)
- alcoholic beverage from aren palm.
Further reading
Karao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Noun
balo
- widow; widower
Latin
Etymology
From an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bē-. Compare Ancient Greek βῆ (bê) and Latin bebō (“I yell, scream”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
bālō (present infinitive bālāre, perfect active bālāvī, supine bālātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to bleat, baa
- (intransitive) to talk foolishly
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
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.
Maranao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Noun
balo
- 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
- destruction
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Saxon
Noun
balo n
- Alternative form of balu
Portuguese
Verb
balo
- first-person singular present indicative of balar
- first-person singular present indicative of balir
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (bāla),[1][2] from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).[1][2]
Noun
balo m (nominative plural bale)
- pig[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ^ 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
- vocative singular of bală
Sambali
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
Noun
balo
- widow; widower
Etymology 2
Conjunction
balô
- but
Spanish
Verb
balo
- first-person singular present indicative of balar
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu. Compare Malay balu.
Pronunciation
Noun
balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)
- widow; widower
- Synonyms: (female) biyuda, (male) biyudo
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)
- widowed (of a person)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)
- act of fooling oneself into thinking one over the other
- act of losing one's strength
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
balò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)
- rope made from a strange liana
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Interjection
balò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)
- nothing!
- Synonym: wala
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
baló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)
- act of scaring children with duendes
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Ternate
Etymology
Likely related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj; see Uneapa balu (“dove”).
Pronunciation
Noun
balo
- 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)
- affliction