balu

See also: bālu and balu-

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balu/, [ba.lu]

Verb

balu

  1. Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, conditional indicative form of izan.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.


Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balu/

Adjective

balu

  1. dead

References

  • Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu. Cognate with Tagalog balo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balu/
  • Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

Noun

balu (Jawi spelling بالو, plural balu-balu, informal 1st possessive baluku, 2nd possessive balumu, 3rd possessive balunya)

  1. widow
    Synonyms: janda, randa
  2. thunder; the sound heard right after lightning strikes
    Synonym: guruh

Descendants

  • Indonesian: balu

See also

Further reading


Middle English

Noun

balu

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bale (evil)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpaluː/

Noun

balu

  1. accusative/genitive singular of ballu

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balu (evil).

Cognate with Old Frisian balu, Old English bealu, Old High German balo, Old Norse bǫl, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, torture), Icelandic böl (evil, misfortune, disaster).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑlu/

Noun

balu n

  1. evil, malice
  2. destruction

Declension



Rohingya

Alternative forms

Noun

balu (Hanifi spelling 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟)

  1. sand

Sakizaya

Noun

balu

  1. flower

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balu

  1. widow

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *baluc with irregular loss of *c, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀuj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balu/

Noun

balu

  1. dove

Further reading

  • Ross, Malcolm D. (2011), Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, OCLC 40267977; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor,, (please provide a date or year)
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