balu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Basque ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /balu/ [ba.lu]
Rhymes: -alu, -u
Hyphenation: ba‧lu
=== Verb ===
balu
Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, conditional indicative form of izan.
==== Usage notes ====
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.
== Gamilaraay ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /balu/
=== Adjective ===
balu
dead
==== References ====
Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbalu/ [ˈba.lu]
Rhymes: -alu
Syllabification: ba‧lu
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Malay balu (“widow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
==== Noun ====
balu (plural balu-balu)
widow; widower
Synonyms: duda, janda
=== Etymology 2 ===
Unknown.
==== Noun ====
balu (plural balu-balu)
dark green
Synonym: hijau tua
parsley green
Synonym: kuning kehijauan
=== References ===
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
=== Further reading ===
“balu”, 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
Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984), Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu. Cognate with Tagalog balo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /balu/
Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u
=== Noun ===
balu (Jawi spelling بالو, plural balu-balu or balu2)
widow
Synonyms: janda, randa
thunder; the sound heard right after lightning strikes
Synonym: guruh
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: balu
==== See also ====
duda
yatim
=== Further reading ===
"balu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *balu₄
== Middle English ==
=== Noun ===
balu
(Early Middle English) alternative form of bale (“evil”)
== Northern Sami ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpaluː/
=== Noun ===
balu
accusative/genitive singular of ballu
== Old Saxon ==
=== Alternative forms ===
balo
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *balu (“evil”).
=== Noun ===
balu n
evil, malice
destruction
==== Declension ====
== Rohingya ==
=== Alternative forms ===
𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟 (balu) — Hanifi Rohingya script
=== Noun ===
balu (Hanifi spelling 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟)
sand
== Sakizaya ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ba.ˈlu/, [ba.ˈlu]
=== Noun ===
balu
flower
== Tausug ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /balu/ [baˈlu]
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: ba‧lu
=== Noun ===
balu (Sulat Sūg spelling بَلُ)
widow
== Uneapa ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Oceanic *baluc with irregular loss of *c, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀuj.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /balu/
=== Noun ===
balu
dove
=== Further reading ===
Ross, Malcolm D. (2011), Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)
== Wajarri ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /balu/
=== Pronoun ===
balu
he, she, it (third person singular pronoun)