balong

See also: balòng

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• balung

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧long
• IPA^(key): /baˈloŋ/ [baˈloŋ]

Adjective

balóng

1. drunk; intoxicated

   Synonym: hubog

Derived terms

• kabalong
• mabalong
• palabalong

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaloŋ/ [ˈba.lɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -aloŋ
• Syllabification: ba‧long

Etymology 1

Derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəluŋ (“small shallow body of water”).

• Borrowed from Sundanese balong
• Borrowed from Javanese balong

Noun

balong (plural balong-balong)

1. pond

   Synonyms: kolam, perigi, telaga

2. (Sunda) a pond for cultivating fish
3. (Java) low-lying land (depression) that is waterlogged and muddy

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

balong (plural balong-balong)

1. duskytail grouper, Bleeker's grouper, or Bleeker's rockcod (Epinephelus bleekeri)

   Synonym: babunyai

Hyponyms

• balong lumpur
• balong macan
• balong sunu
• balong tikus

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sangir [Term?].

Noun

balong (plural balong-balong)

1. (dialect) a place for storing fish, usually hung, made from woven sago palm fronds

Further reading

• “balong”, 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

Makasar

Noun

balong (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒᨚ or 𑻤𑻮𑻶, definite balonga, 3rd person possessive balonna)

1. alternative spelling of balòng

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	émpang
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	balong
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəluŋ (“small shallow body of water”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

balong (Sundanese spelling ᮘᮜᮧᮀ)

1. (loma) pond

Descendants

• → Indonesian: balong

References

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