balok

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Noun

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balok

  1. the red-brown hairlike structure found in the underside of coconut palm fronds

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok), from Dutch balk. Doublet of balak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.lok/, [ˈba.lɔʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Noun

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balok (plural balok-balok, first-person possessive balokku, second-person possessive balokmu, third-person possessive baloknya)

  1. block: a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
  2. (forestry) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
  3. (geometry) cuboid: a parallelepiped having six rectangular faces.
  4. board:
    1. (nautical) the side of a ship.
    2. (sports) takeoff board of long jump.
  5. beam:
    1. (civil engineering) any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
    2. (sports) balance beam: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
  6. (military, colloquial) epaulet, epaulette, shoulder board: an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
    Synonym: epolet
  7. the unit of measurement for opium weight of 1,030 kg

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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balok

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀

Middle English

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Noun

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balok

  1. Alternative form of ballok

Sambali

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Noun

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balok

  1. (anatomy) gall bladder

Toba Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj.

Noun

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balok

  1. boundary, border

References

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  • J. Warneck (1906) Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch[1], Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 22