balang

See also: bɑlɑŋ and Balang

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaŋ/ [ˈbɐ.laŋ]
• Hyphenation: bá‧lang

Adjective

bálang (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

1. evil

   Synonym: tawataw

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbalaŋ/ [ˈba.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧lang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balang.

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. large glass bottles with small mouth

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. (archaic) two-masted sailboat

Etymology 3

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. alternative form of belang

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Saluan [Term?].

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. dried coconut leaves [since 2024]

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Tajio [Term?].

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. scars from boils or sharp objects [since 2024]

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Dairi Batak [Term?].

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. a slash that is positioned behind the Batak script [since 2024]

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Kotawaringin Malay).

Adjective

balang (comparative lebih balang, superlative paling balang)

1. strange and disliked by many people [since 2024]

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Riau Malay).

Noun

balang (plural balang-balang)

1. fishing rod with a large hook, used to catch large fish [since 2024]

Further reading

• “balang”, 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

Khasi

Noun

balang f

1. congregation, church

   U Khlieh ka balang

   the head of the congregation

Lun Bawang

Noun

balang

1. tiger

References

• Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “balang”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 31

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaŋ/, [ˈɓa.lãŋ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lang

Noun

balang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ)

1. swamp, marsh
2. pond (fish, lotus)
3. (Turatea, Bantaeng) river

   Synonym: binanga (Makasar, Standard)

Compounds

• kitiʼ balang

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI

Malay

Pronunciation

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

Noun

balang (Jawi spelling بالڠ, plural balang-balang or balang²)

1. large glass bottles with small mouth
2. A container
3. (dialectal, Sambas) locust

Further reading

• "balang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maranao

Verb

balang

1. to happen, to occur
2. to hinder

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

balang

1. sound of a large bell

References

• balang in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalaŋ/ [ˈbaː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧lang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balalaŋ (“grasshopper; locust”). Compare Malay belalang and Javanese ꦮꦭꦁ (walang).

Noun

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

1. locust

Derived terms

• balangin
• magkabalang
• matang-balang

See also

• lukton
• tipaklong

Etymology 2

From bala +‎ -ng. Compare Kapampangan balang (“every”).

Determiner

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

1. every; each; everyone

   Synonym: bawat

2. any; anyone; some
3. whoever; whichever; whatever

Derived terms

• balang bagay
• balang tao
• balang-araw
• balang-na
• manibalang

See also

• balana
• dilan

Further reading

• “balang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balalaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• bɑlɑŋ
• bʊlʊŋ
• ballang
• bullang

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Ngiyambaa pala.

Noun

balang

1. head
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:

     bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:

     Head .... ballang

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:

     Ballang—the head.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:

     Head .... .... .... bullang.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)