balik

See also: balık, Balık, and balík

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lik
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalik/ [ˈba.l̪ɪk]

Verb

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. to return

   Synonyms: buwelta, uli

2. to repeat

   Synonyms: usab, subli

Noun

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. return; an act of returning

   Synonyms: buwelta, uli

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:balik.

Derived terms

• balik-balik
• balikan
• balikon
• binalik
• ibalik
• mamalik
• mobalik

Anagrams

• libak

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lik
• IPA^(key): /baˈlik/ [baˈl̪ik]

Adverb

balík (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. inside out

Verb

balík (plural baralik, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. to return; to come back, to go back

   Synonym: buwelta

2. to returning (for) something

   Synonym: uli

Derived terms

• balikan
• balikon
• ibalik
• magbalik
• pagbalik

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlik]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Noun

balík (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. turn
2. change
3. to and fro movement

Derived terms

• agbalik
• balik-balik
• baliken
• ibalik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay balik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaliʔ/ [ˈba.lɪʔ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aliʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧lik
• Homophone: balig

Noun

balik (plural balik-balik)

1. behind, rear, back-end

Verb

balik

1. to return

   Synonyms: kembali, pulang

Verb

balik (active membalik, reflexive passive terbalik, ordinary passive dibalik, imperative balik, emphatic-jussive baliklah)

1. imperative of membalik

Derived terms

• balikan
• berbalik
• berbalik-balik
• berbalikan
• berkebalikan
• dibalik
• dibalik-balik
• dibaliki
• dibalikkan
• kebalikan
• keberbalikan
• keterbalikan
• membalik
• membalik-balik
• membaliki
• membalikkan
• pembalik
• pembalikan
• sebaliknya
• terbalik
• terbalikkan

• balik andar
• balik arah
• balik belah
• balik gagang
• balik jurai
• balik juru
• balik kanan
• balik kerak
• balik kiri
• balik mata
• balik mazhab
• balik nama
• balik putar

Further reading

• “balik”, 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

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare Tagalog balik, Central Bikol balik, Malay balik, Cebuano balik, and Ilocano balik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlik/ [bəˈliːk] (noun)
• Hyphenation: ba‧lik
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalik/ [ˈbäː.lik] (verb)
• Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Noun

balík

1. return; going back (to a place)

   Synonyms: uli, muli

2. repetition

   Synonyms: ulit, pasibayu

3. turning over (of food cooked on a grill or live coal)

   Synonyms: baligtad, baliktad

Verb

bálik

1. giving back; return (of an object)

   Synonyms: subli, ibieng-pasibayu

2. restoration; return to a former position

   Synonyms: isamasnan, isalesen

3. retreat; turning back

   Synonyms: urung, atras

Derived terms

• balik-lub
• balikan
• ibalik
• ikabalik
• ipabalik
• kabalikan
• mabalik
• magbalik
• magkabalikan
• magpabalik
• magpabalik-balik
• magpanumbalik
• malikmata
• manumbalik
• mapagbalikan
• mibalik
• pabalik
• pabalik-balik
• pabalikan
• pagbalik
• pamagbalik
• panumbalik
• papagbalikan
• papanumbalikan
• tumbalik

Malay

Alternative forms

• balek (nonstandard, used in Riau, Siak, Tembilahan, also schwa-variety pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik (“reverse, turn around”). Cognate with Tagalog balik.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈbalek/ [ˈba.leʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aleʔ, -leʔ, -eʔ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈbalik/ [ˈba.liʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aliʔ, -liʔ, -iʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Adverb

balik (Jawi spelling باليق)

1. back

Noun

balik (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balik-balik or balik²)

1. back part, behind

Verb

balik (Jawi spelling باليق)

1. to return, to turn

Derived terms

Affixations

• membalik
• sebalik (“behind”)
• terbalik

Compounds

• ada udang di sebalik batu
• balik kampung

Descendants

• > Indonesian: balik (inherited)

Further reading

• "balik" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balik₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Verb

balik

1. to return
2. to repeat
3. to memorize
4. to disillusion

Polish

Etymology

From bal +‎ -ik. Compare Slovincian balëk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alik
• Syllabification: ba‧lik

Noun

balik m inan (diminutive baliczek)

1. diminutive of bal

Declension

Declension of balik

	singular	plural
nominative	balik	baliki
genitive	baliku	balików
dative	balikowi	balikom
accusative	balik	baliki
instrumental	balikiem	balikami
locative	baliku	balikach
vocative	baliku	baliki

Related terms

adjective

• balowy

adverb

• balowo

nouns

• balomania
• balowicz
• balowiczka
• balownica
• balownik

verbs

• balować
• przebalować
• rozbalować
• zabalować

Further reading

• balik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balic — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik

Tagalog balik

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare Kapampangan balik, Central Bikol balik, Malay balik, Cebuano balik, and Ilocano balik.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: ba‧lik

Noun

balík (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. return; going back (to a place)

   Synonyms: uwi, pag-uwi

2. giving back; return (of an object)

   Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli

3. restoration; return to a former position
4. retreat; turning back

   Synonyms: urong, pag-urong, atras

5. repetition

   Synonyms: ulit, pag-uulit

6. turning over (of food cooked on a grill or live coal)

   Synonyms: baligtad, pagbaligtad

Derived terms

• balik-aral
• balik-asa
• balik-basa
• balik-eskuwela
• balik-lakas
• balik-loob
• balik-pasok
• balik-sabi
• balik-sikad
• balik-sulat
• balik-sundo
• balik-suri
• balik-taga
• balik-tanaw
• balik-tayon
• balik-tingin
• balik-tipon
• balikan
• balikbayan
• balikin
• bumalik
• ibalik
• ikabalik
• ipabalik
• kabalikan
• mabalik
• magbalik
• magkabalikan
• magpabalik
• magpabalik-balik
• magpanumbalik
• maibalik
• malikmata
• manumbalik
• mapabalik
• mapapagbalikan
• pabalik
• pabalik-balik
• pabalikin
• pagbabalik
• pagbabalik-loob
• pagbalik
• pagbalikan
• panumbalikin
• papanumbalikin
• sababalik
• tumbalik

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• kabil, kibal, libak, bakli, kibla

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /balik/ [baˈlik̚]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: ba‧lik

Verb

balik

1. to repeat

Volapük

Adjective

balik

1. only
2. simple
3. sole