balu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "balu"

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balu/ [ba.lu]

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• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: ba‧lu

Verb

balu

1. 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

1. dead

References

• Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lu/
• Rhymes: -lu
• Hyphenation: ba‧lu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balu (“widow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)

1. widower

   Synonym: duda

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)

1. dark green

   balu:  

   Synonym: hijau tua

2. parsley green

   balu:  

   Synonym: kuning kehijauan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Medanese Malay [Term?].

Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)

1. (dialect) fine hairs on the forehead or nape of the neck

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].

Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)

1. (dialect) a buoy made of plastic or cork, tied to the edge of the net to prevent it from sinking

Further reading

• “balu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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, informal 1st possessive baluku, 2nd possessive balumu, 3rd possessive balunya)

1. widow

   Synonyms: janda, randa

2. 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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *balu₄

Middle English

Noun

balu

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bale (“evil”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpaluː/

Noun

balu

1. accusative/genitive singular of ballu

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• balo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balu (“evil”).

Cognate with Old Frisian balu, Old English bealu, Old High German balo, Old Norse bǫl, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”), Icelandic böl (“evil, misfortune, disaster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑlu/

Noun

balu n

1. evil, malice
2. destruction

Declension

Declension of balu (neuter wa-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	balu	balu
accusative	balu	balu
genitive	balwes	balwō
dative	balwe	balwum
instrumental	—	—

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟 (balu) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

balu (Hanifi spelling 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟)

1. sand

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ˈlu/, [ba.ˈlu]

Noun

balu

1. flower

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balu

1. 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

1. 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)