balang

See also: bɑlɑŋ

Malay

Noun

balang

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

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Tagalog

Noun

balang

1. locust

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Wiradhuri

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, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes

     bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head

   • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2

     Head .... ballang

   • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language

     Ballang—the head.

   • 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, Vol. 34

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