balus

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See also: bālus, Baluś, and bälus

Higaonon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Cebuano balos.

Verb[edit]

balus

  1. to avenge

Lote[edit]

Noun[edit]

balus

  1. airplane

References[edit]

Northern Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpaluːs/

Noun[edit]

balus

  1. locative singular of ballu

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This term is from the Western Oceanic substrate languages; it was considered by Mihalic to have entered Tok Pisin from Tolai, but Mosel argues that it "has certainly not been introduced from Tolai, but from a southern New Ireland language. For, apart from some marginal dialects […] Tolai […] lack[s] the phoneme /s/."[1]

Noun[edit]

balus

  1. pigeon
  2. aircraft
    Balus i stap long graun.
    The airplane is on the ground.
  3. flight

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
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