balke

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === balke (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of balken === Anagrams === blake, kabel == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *balco. === Noun === balke f (wooden) beam ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: balkAfrikaans: balkNegerhollands: balk→ Caribbean Javanese: baleg, balok→ Javanese: ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok)→ Indonesian: balok→ Malay: balak> Indonesian: balak (inherited)→ Papiamentu: balki (from the diminutive)→ Saramaccan: báíki→ Sranan Tongo: barki, balk→ Caribbean Hindustani: barki Limburgish: balk === Further reading === “balke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “balc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page balc == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbalk(ə)/ Rhymes: -alk === Etymology 1 === From Old English balca. Cognate with Old High German balko, German Balken (“beam”), Italian balcone (“balcony”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bauke ==== Noun ==== balke (plural balkes) balk, ridge, beam ===== Descendants ===== English: balk Scots: bauk Yola: balke ===== References ===== “balk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Probably cognate with Old Swedish nattbakka, Old English nihtwacu (“night watch”). ==== Noun ==== balke alternative form of bakke (“bat”) == Middle High German == === Etymology === From Old High German balko, balcho, from Proto-West Germanic *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbalkə/ === Noun === balke m beam, balk ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: Balken→ Kashubian: balka→ Slovincian: balka → Old Polish: balka, balkPolish: belka, bałk, belk, bełk, bełka (Middle Polish), balk, balka, bałek, bałka, belek (obsolete)Silesian: bŏlka, balek, balk, belek, bŏlek === References === “balke” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878. == Yola == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balk/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English balken. ==== Verb ==== balke to impede, hinder === Etymology 2 === From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. ==== Noun ==== balke (plural baulkès) balk, unsawed timber (figurative) impediment === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 24