balanga

See also: Balanga, balangą, Balangą, and balang̃a

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Malay belanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈla.ŋa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧nga

Noun

balanga

1. wide mouthed cooking pot

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an emphatic form of bal (“ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧lan‧ga
• Homophone: Balanga

Noun

balanga f

1. (colloquial) booze-up, brannigan (a party with a lot of alcohol)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impreza

Declension

Declension of balanga

	singular	plural
nominative	balanga	balangi
genitive	balangi	balang
dative	balandze	balangom
accusative	balangę	balangi
instrumental	balangą	balangami
locative	balandze	balangach
vocative	balango	balangi

Derived terms

adjective

• balangowy

nouns

• balangowicz
• balangowiczka

verb

• balangować impf

Further reading

• “balanga”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “balanga”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Interjection

balanga

1. alternative form of balang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balang̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa. Compare Malay belanga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈŋaʔ/ [bɐ.lɐˈŋaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧nga

Noun

balangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ)

1. wide-mouthed, earthen cooking pot or jar

Related terms

• Balanga

See also

• banga
• galong
• kalamba
• katingan
• palayok

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bagalan, Alabang