balai

== Cebuano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlaʔi/ [bɐˈl̪a.ʔɪ] Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i === Noun === balai godmother == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay balai (polis) (“police station”), === Pronunciation === === Noun === balai (Malaysia) police station ==== Synonyms ==== == Esperanto == === Etymology === A verbal formation from French balai, from Gaulish balatno and Gaulish banatlo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlai/ Rhymes: -ai Syllabification: ba‧la‧i === Verb === balai (present balaas, past balais, future balaos, conditional balaus, volitive balau) to sweep ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== balailo === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French balai, from earlier balain (“bundle of broom”, 12th c.), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom plant”). It is uncertain whether the Celtic word passed into French through a Gaulish *balano- or rather through Middle Breton balain, balazn, from Old Breton balan. The latter appears more likely. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lɛ/ Homophones: balais, ballet, ballets === Noun === balai m (plural balais) broom broomstick flown by witches (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night) tail (of a bird of prey) brush (electrical contact) blade (of windscreen wiper) (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age) Elle a quarante balais ― She’s forty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Esperanto: balai === Further reading === “balai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay. Semantic loan from Minangkabau balai for sense of market. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbalai̯/ [ˈba.lai̯] Rhymes: -alai̯ Syllabification: ba‧lai ==== Noun ==== balai (plural balai-balai) public hall, balei Synonym: paseban building Synonym: gedung office or bureau Synonyms: biro, kantor house of parliament (dated) house in a palace market Synonyms: pasar, pekan ===== Related terms ===== ==== Compounds ==== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /baˈlai/ [baˈla.i] Rhymes: -ai Syllabification: ba‧la‧i ==== Noun ==== balai (plural balai-balai) cattle tick === Further reading === “balai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Kabuverdianu == === Alternative forms === balói (Barlavento) === Etymology === From Portuguese balaio. === Noun === balai (Sotavento) basket === References === Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro == Malay == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay. Compare with Māori whare and Hawaiian hale. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbalaj/ [ˈba.lai̯] Rhymes: -alai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯ Hyphenation: ba‧lai === Noun === balai (Jawi spelling بالاي, plural balai-balai or balai2) hall, station, large building for public uses, balei (possibly obsolete) house Synonym: rumah (dialectal) veranda, a front part of traditional house (Malaysia, colloquial) clipping of balai polis (“police station”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: balai (inherited) → Hokkien: 峇厘 (bâ-lî), balai → Teochew: 峇厘 (bha7 li5) === References === === Further reading === "balai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpalaj/ === Verb === balai third-person singular past indicative of ballat == Occitan == === Noun === balai m (plural balais) (Limousin) broom == Portuguese == === Verb === balai second-person plural imperative of balar == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlaʔi/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔɪ] Rhymes: -aʔi Syllabification: ba‧la‧i === Noun === balai (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁ) obsolete spelling of balae