balak

See also: bālāk, Balák, bałak, and bałąk

Cebuano

Noun

balak

1. poem

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbalaʔ/ [ˈba.laʔ]
    • Rhymes: -alaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbalak/ [ˈba.lak̚]
    • Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: ba‧lak

Etymology 1

Doublet of belak and belang.

Adjective

balak

1. spotted, blemished

Etymology 2

Probably from Toba Batak balok (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak)

1. clan territory

Etymology 3

From Malay balak, from Dutch balk. Doublet of balok.

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak)

1. (rare) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc
2. (dominoes) double tiles, doublet tiles: a tile that has the same pips-value on each end

Alternative forms

• balak (log, Standard Malay)
• balok (log)

Derived terms

• membalak
• pembalak
• pembalakan

• balak gergajian

Etymology 4

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak)

1. (military) syllabic abbreviation of badan pelaksana (“executive body”)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Toba Batak [Term?].

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak)

1. smegma

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Javanese (North Coast) [Term?].

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak)

1. greater lizardfish (Saurida tumbil)

   Synonyms: beloso, ikan buntut kebo

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?].

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak)

1. Polyphhereima elongata

   Synonym: cacing sonari

Further reading

• “balak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalak/ [ˈbaː.lɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: ba‧lak

Noun

balak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃ᜔)

1. plan; intention; purpose

   Synonyms: plano, layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin

2. calculation; computation

Derived terms

• balakin
• bumalak
• magbalak
• pagbabalak
• pagbalak-balakin
• pagkabalak

Descendants

• → Aklanon: balak

Anagrams

• bakal, bakla, labak, kalba

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bAlak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑɫɑk/

Noun

balak

1. (dialectal) trouser leg

West Makian

Etymology

From Dutch balk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.l̪ak/

Noun

balak

1. a beam (of timber)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics