balo

See also: baló, bało, bálo, bālo, bälo, ba lô, and ba-lô

Acholi

Verb

balo

1. to spoil

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Bikol Central

Verb

balo (balô)

1. to try; to attempt

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Bwatoo

Etymology

From French ballon.

Noun

balo

1. ball

Synonyms

• bool

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN)

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bawo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

balo

1. the houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalo/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lo
• Rhymes: -alo
• Audio:

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Noun

balo (accusative singular balon, plural baloj, accusative plural balojn)

1. ball (formal dance)

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Hiligaynon

Noun

bálo

1. widow

Noun

bálò

1. an alarm or warning

Noun

balô

1. a slip knot or noose

Verb

bálò

1. to warn of danger

Verb

baló

1. (obsolete) to know

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Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bá‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalo/, [ˈbalu]

Noun

bálo

1. widow; widower

Derived terms

• mabalo
• nabaluan

 

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Karao

Noun

balo

1. widow; widower

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Latin

Alternative forms

• bēlō

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bē-. Compare Ancient Greek βῆ (bê) and Latin bebō (“I yell, scream”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.loː/, [ˈbäːɫ̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.lo/, [ˈbɑːlɔ]

Verb

bālō (present infinitive bālāre, perfect active bālāvī, supine bālātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) I bleat, baa.
2. (intransitive) I talk foolishly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bālō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	bālō	bālās	bālat	bālāmus	bālātis	bālant
	imperfect	bālābam	bālābās	bālābat	bālābāmus	bālābātis	bālābant
	future	bālābō	bālābis	bālābit	bālābimus	bālābitis	bālābunt
	perfect	bālāvī	bālāvistī	bālāvit	bālāvimus	bālāvistis	bālāvērunt, bālāvēre
	pluperfect	bālāveram	bālāverās	bālāverat	bālāverāmus	bālāverātis	bālāverant
	future perfect	bālāverō	bālāveris	bālāverit	bālāverimus	bālāveritis	bālāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	bālem	bālēs	bālet	bālēmus	bālētis	bālent
	imperfect	bālārem	bālārēs	bālāret	bālārēmus	bālārētis	bālārent
	perfect	bālāverim	bālāverīs	bālāverit	bālāverīmus	bālāverītis	bālāverint
	pluperfect	bālāvissem	bālāvissēs	bālāvisset	bālāvissēmus	bālāvissētis	bālāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	bālā	—	—	bālāte	—
	future	—	bālātō	bālātō	—	bālātōte	bālantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		bālāre	bālāvisse	bālātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		bālāns	—	bālātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		bālandī	bālandō	bālandum	bālandō	bālātum	bālātū

Derived terms

• bālāns
• bālātus
• dībālō

Descendants

• Italian: belare
• Portuguese: balar
• Spanish: balar

References

• balo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• balo in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• balo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balwą, whence also Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”), Old English bealo, Old Norse bǫl.

Noun

balo n

1. destruction

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Old Saxon

Noun

balo n

1. Alternative form of balu

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Portuguese

Verb

balo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of balar

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalo]

Noun

balo f

1. vocative singular of bală

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Sambali

Noun

balo

1. widow; widower

Conjunction

balô

1. but

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Spanish

Verb

balo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of balar.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bao (obsolete; sense of "widow; widower" only)

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: ba‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalo/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

Noun

balo

1. widow; widower

   Synonyms: biyuda, biyudo

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: ba‧lò
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaloʔ/

Etymology 2

Interjection

balò

1. (obsolete) nothing

   Synonym: wala

Etymology 3

Noun

balò

1. rope made from liana

References

• Rosalio Serrano, Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish and Tagalog), 1854, page 16
• Juan de Noceda; Pablo de Sanlucár, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala‎^[2] (in Spanish), 1613, published 1860

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Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء‎ (balāʾ).

Noun

balo (plural balolar)

1. affliction