balbal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæl.bəl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ælbəl

Noun[edit]

balbal (plural balbals)

  1. (historical) In pre-Islamic Turkic cultures, a stone laid at the tomb of a warrior which symbolized an enemy they killed in their lifetime, with the number laid being equal to the number of enemies slain.

Translations[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bal‧bal
  • IPA(key): /balˈbal/, [bʌl̪ˈbal̪]

Noun[edit]

balbál

  1. (Philippine folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster

Verb[edit]

balbál

  1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
  2. (of a balbal) To hunt or attack prey

Synonyms[edit]

Kapampangan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bal‧bal
  • IPA(key): /bəlˈbal/, [bəlˈbäl]

Adjective[edit]

balbal

  1. broken into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)

Noun[edit]

balbal

  1. shattered pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)

Derived terms[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Root
b-l-b-l
1 term

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil)

  1. to gibber, to babble

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of balbal
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m balbalt balbalt balbal balbalna balbaltu balblu
f balblet
imperfect m nbalbal tbalbal jbalbal nbalblu tbalblu jbalblu
f tbalbal
imperative balbal balblu

Maranao[edit]

Noun[edit]

balbal

  1. witch, cannibal

Derived terms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan balbal.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bal‧bal
  • IPA(key): /balˈbal/, [bɐlˈbal]

Adjective[edit]

balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

  1. broken into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
  2. slangy (of a word)

Noun[edit]

balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

  1. broken pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
  2. breaking into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
  3. slang; vulgar word
    Synonyms: salitang-kalye, salitang-kanto, salitang-balbal, islang, kawi

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • balbal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

balbal

  1. spool, spindle

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh