balut

See also: Balut, băluț, and Băluț

English

balut

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlut̪̚/

• Audio (Philippines):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

Alternative forms

• balot

Noun

balut (plural baluts)

1. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Translations

embryo food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛蛋 (zh) (máodàn), 鴨仔蛋 / 鸭仔蛋 (yāzǐdàn)

• Indonesian: balut (id)
• Japanese: バロット (barotto)
• Khmer: ពងទាកូន (pɔɔng tiə koun)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: balut m
• Thai: ไข่ข้าว (th) (kài-kâao)
• Vietnamese: hột vịt lộn (vi), trứng vịt lộn (vi)

Etymology 2

From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

balut

1. A dice game similar to Yahtzee

Anagrams

• bulat, tubal

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lot

Noun

balut

1. balut (street food)

Etymology 2

Reborrowed from English balut, from Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

balut

1. balut (dice game)

Central Bikol

Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

Noun

balut

1. an Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlut/, [baˈlut̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lut

Noun

balut

1. balut (fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.lʊt̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lut

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂ (“roll or wrap something up”), from Proto-Austronesian *balut₁ (“mix”).

Noun

balut (plural balut-balut)

1. wrapper, wrapping

   Synonyms: barut, pembungkus

2. (surgery) bandage: a strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury
3. (cooking) balut: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Derived terms

• balutan
• berbalut
• membalut
• membalutkan
• pembalut
• pembalutan
• terbalut

• balut kuku

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese balut (“redness and swollen”).

Adjective

balut (comparative lebih balut, superlative paling balut)

1. thick like swelling

Derived terms

• balut-balut

Further reading

• “balut”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂. Compare Tagalog balot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.lʊt̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lut

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت, plural balut-balut or balut²)

1. wrapper, wrapping.

Verb

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت)

1. to wrap.

   Synonym: bungkus

Descendants

• > Indonesian: balut (inherited)

Further reading

• "balut" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpaluːh(t)/

Noun

balut

1. nominative plural of ballu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balot

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlut/ [bɐˈlʊt̪̚]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: ba‧lut

Noun

balút (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. balut (fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell)

Further reading

• “balut”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• tubal, butal, bulta