balak

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See also: bālāk, Balák, bałak, and bałąk

Cebuano

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Noun

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balak

  1. poem

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Doublet of belak and belang.

Adjective

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balak

  1. spotted, blemished

Etymology 2

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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

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balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

  1. clan territory

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

  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
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  • (log): balak (Standard Malay)
  • (log): balok
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

  1. (military) acronym of badan pelaksana (executive body).

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Tagalog

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Noun

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balak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃ᜔)

  1. plan; intention; purpose
    Synonyms: plano, layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin
  2. calculation; computation

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bAlak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balak

  1. (dialectal) trouser leg

West Makian

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Etymology

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From Dutch balk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balak

  1. a beam (of timber)

References

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