balok

See also: bálok

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bawok

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Noun

balok

1. the red-brown hairlike structure found in the underside of coconut palm fronds

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok), from Dutch balk. Doublet of balak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lok/, [ˈba.lɔʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Noun

balok (plural balok-balok)

1. block: a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance
2. (forestry) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc
3. (geometry) cuboid: a parallelepiped having six rectangular faces
4. board:
   1. (nautical) the side of a ship
   2. (sports) takeoff board of long jump
5. beam:
   1. (civil engineering) any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use
   2. (sports) balance beam: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics
6. (military, colloquial) epaulet, epaulette, shoulder board: an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank

   Synonym: epolet

7. the unit of measurement for opium weight of 1,030 kg

Alternative forms

• balak
• balak (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• pembalokan

• balok genjang
• balok keseimbangan
• balok not
• balok siku
• balok tuangan

Further reading

• “balok”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

balok

1. romanization of ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀

Middle English

Noun

balok

1. alternative form of ballok

Negeri Sembilan Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baloʔ/ [ba.loʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lok

Adjective

balok

1. noisy (full of noise)

   Antonym: ontok

   Apo yo balok kek umah tu. ― Why is [the sound coming from] that house so noisy.

Sambali

Noun

balok

1. (anatomy) gall bladder

Tagalog

Alternatice forms

• baloc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalok/ [ˈbaː.lok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -alok
• Syllabification: ba‧lok

Noun

balok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. inner membrane or skin (of an egg or a fruit)

   Synonyms: balamban, bakong

Derived terms

• balukan
• balukin

Noun

balok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. wool obtained from wild shrubs

Derived terms

• magbalok

See also

• baro
• lana

Noun

balok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

1. oakum (used for boats)

Derived terms

• ipagbalok
• magbalok

Further reading

• “balok”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “balok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier., page 33
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 124

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj.

Noun

balok

1. boundary, border

References

• J. Warneck (1906), Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1], Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 22