balah
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Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probally borrowing from Java with initial *w- fortition.”) From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq with initial *w- fortified to b. May also a doublet with alah and belah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]balah
- to argue
Derived terms
[edit]Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- berbalah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- berbalahan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
- berbalah-balahan [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)
- membalah [agent focus] (meN-)
- memperbalahkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
- perbalahan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)