balang

See also: bɑlɑŋ

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: bá‧lang

Adjective

bálang

  1. evil

Synonyms

  • (evil): tawataw

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

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. (dialectal, Sambas) locust

Further reading


Maranao

Verb

balang

  1. to happen, to occur
  2. to hinder

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

balang

  1. sound of a large bell

References

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lang
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalaŋ/, [ˈba.lɐŋ]

Noun

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. locust
Derived terms
  • balangin
  • magkabalang
  • matang-balang
See also

Etymology 2

From bala + -ng.

Determiner

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

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

Wiradhuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

balang

  1. head
    • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
      bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head
    • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2
      Head .... ballang
    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Ballang—the head.
    • 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, Vol. 34
      Head .... .... .... bullang.
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