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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/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ælbəl
Noun
[edit]balbal (plural balbals)
- (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]Translations
Cebuano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balbál
- (Philippine folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster
Verb
[edit]balbál
Synonyms
[edit]Kapampangan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]balbal
Noun
[edit]balbal
Derived terms
[edit]Maltese
[edit]Root |
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b-l-b-l |
1 term |
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of balbal | ||||||||
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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
Derived terms
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan balbal.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balˈbal/ [bɐlˈbal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: bal‧bal
Adjective
[edit]balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)
Noun
[edit]balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)
- broken pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
- breaking into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
- 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
Anagrams
[edit]Ternate
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balbal
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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- English terms borrowed from Old Turkic
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- Rhymes:English/ælbəl
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/al
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