battalaʼ

== Makasar == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbatːalaʔ/, [ˈbat̪.t̪ʰa.laʔ] Hyphenation: bat‧ta‧laʼ === Adjective === battalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨈᨒ) heavy, burdensome, weighty Synonym: ringang (figurative) important, serious (figurative) difficult, hard, not easy (figurative) reluctant, unwilling to do something === Noun === battalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨈᨒ) burden, what weighs on someone, what is someone's responsibility (wife and children) ==== Affixations ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN