balak

== Cebuano == === Noun === balak poem == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbalaʔ/ [ˈba.laʔ] Rhymes: -alaʔ IPA(key): /ˈbalak/ [ˈba.lak̚] Rhymes: -alak Syllabification: ba‧lak === Etymology 1 === Doublet of belak and belang. ==== Adjective ==== balak spotted, blemished === Etymology 2 === Probably from Toba Batak balok (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== balak (plural balak-balak) clan territory === Etymology 3 === From Malay balak, from Dutch balk. Doublet of balok. ==== Noun ==== balak (plural balak-balak) (rare) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc (dominoes) double tiles, doublet tiles: a tile that has the same pips-value on each end ===== Alternative forms ===== balak (log, Standard Malay) balok (log) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== balak (plural balak-balak) (military) syllabic abbreviation of badan pelaksana (“executive body”) === Etymology 5 === Borrowed from Toba Batak [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== balak (plural balak-balak) smegma === Etymology 6 === Borrowed from Javanese (North Coast) [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== balak (plural balak-balak) greater lizardfish (Saurida tumbil) Synonyms: beloso, ikan buntut kebo === Etymology 7 === Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== balak (plural balak-balak) Polyphhereima elongata Synonym: cacing sonari === Further reading === “balak”, 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 == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbalak/ [ˈbaː.lɐk̚] Rhymes: -alak Syllabification: ba‧lak === Noun === balak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃ᜔) plan; intention; purpose Synonyms: plano, layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin calculation; computation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Aklanon: balak === Anagrams === bakal, bakla, labak, kalba == Turkish == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *bAlak. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑɫɑk/ === Noun === balak (dialectal) trouser leg == West Makian == === Etymology === From Dutch balk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.l̪ak/ === Noun === balak a beam (of timber) === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics