balabalat

== West Makian == === Etymology === Regarded as a partial reduplication of balat (“wave”). However, compare also East Makian balbolat (“roller”), from East Makian bolat (“to roll up, to curl, to turn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.l̪a.ˈba.l̪at̪/ === Noun === balabalat a roller (for beaching a boat) === References === James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[1], Pacific linguistics