balang

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See also: bɑlɑŋ

Ilocano

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalaŋ/ [ˈbɐ.laŋ]
  • Hyphenation: bá‧lang

Adjective

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bálang (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. evil
    Synonym: tawataw

Khasi

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Noun

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balang f

  1. congregation, church
    U Khlieh ka balang
    the head of the congregation

Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)

Noun

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balang (Jawi spelling بالڠ, plural balang-balang, informal 1st possessive balangku, 2nd possessive balangmu, 3rd possessive balangnya)

  1. large glass bottles with small mouth
  2. A container
  3. (dialectal, Sambas) locust

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Maranao

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Verb

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balang

  1. to happen, to occur
  2. to hinder

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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balang

  1. sound of a large bell

References

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  • balang in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balalaŋ (grasshopper; locust). Compare Malay belalang and Javanese ꦮꦭꦁ (walang).

Noun

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balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. locust
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Etymology 2

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From bala +‎ -ng.

Determiner

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balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. every; each; everyone
    Synonym: bawat
  2. any; anyone; some
  3. whoever; whichever; whatever
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Further reading

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  • balang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balalaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Wiradjuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Ngiyambaa pala.

Noun

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balang

  1. head
    • 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:
      bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head
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    • 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
      Head .... ballang
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    • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:
      Ballang—the head.
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    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:
      Head .... .... .... bullang.
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