baʼbalaʼ

== Makasar == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *balbal (“beating stick; to hit, beat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaʔbalaʔ/ Hyphenation: baʼ‧ba‧laʼ === Noun === baʼbalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨅᨒ) small whip; stick used for beating bamboo stick used by a croupier (patanraʼ) to pull dice and coins in traditional gambling games piece of wood used for beating the sugar palm tree to extract sap (palm wine) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN