ballang

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bɨllaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaŋ (“spotted, dappled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalːaŋ/, [ˈɓãl.lãŋ]
• Hyphenation: bal‧lang

Adjective

ballang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ or 𑻤𑻮)

1. variegated, spotted, piebald, speckled, multi-colored
2. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
3. white (of the legs of a horse, the eyes of a fowl or a horse)

Noun

ballang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ or 𑻤𑻮, definite ballanga, 3rd person possessive ballanna)

1. A kind of skin affliction, white with spots (as after having suffered a burn).

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼballang-ballang

compounds

• ballang kunyiʼ
• jarang ballang bangkeng

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Wiradjuri

Noun

ballang

1. alternative spelling of balang