Acholi

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Verb

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balo

  1. to spoil

Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/ [ˈba.l̪o]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

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bálo (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

  1. widow
    Synonym: biyuda
  2. widower
    Synonym: biyudo
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈloʔ/ [baˈl̪oʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Verb

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balô (plural baralo, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to try; to attempt
    Synonym: probar
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Bwatoo

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Etymology

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From French ballon.

Noun

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balo

  1. ball

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References

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

Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

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balo

  1. the houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbalo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lo

Noun

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

  1. ball (formal dance)

Higaonon

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Etymology

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

Noun

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balo

  1. widow

Hiligaynon

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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bálo

  1. widow

Etymology 2

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Noun

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balò

  1. an alarm or warning

Verb

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balò

  1. to warn of danger

Etymology 3

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Noun

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balô

  1. a slip knot or noose

Etymology 4

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Verb

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baló

  1. (obsolete) to know

Ilocano

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalo/ [ˈbɐ.lo]
  • Hyphenation: bá‧lo

Noun

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bálo

  1. widow; widower

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Toraja-Sa'dan [Term?].

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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balo (uncountable)

  1. alcoholic beverage made of aren palm

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Karao

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Etymology

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

Noun

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balo

  1. widow; widower

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bē-. Compare Ancient Greek βῆ () and Latin bebō (I yell, scream).[1]

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Verb

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

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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  • balo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • balo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • balo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bē-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 96-97

Maranao

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Etymology

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

Noun

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balo

  1. widow

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *balu, see also Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, torture), Old English bealu, Old Norse bǫl.

Noun

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balo n

  1. destruction

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: bale

Old Saxon

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Noun

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balo n

  1. Alternative form of balu

Portuguese

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Verb

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balo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of balar
  2. first-person singular present indicative of balir

Romani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀮 (bāla),[1][2] from Sanskrit बाल (bāla).[1][2]

Noun

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balo m (nominative plural bale)

  1. pig[1][2][3]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bālá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “baló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 19a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o bal/o, -es m. -e, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 73a

Romanian

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Noun

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balo f

  1. vocative singular of bală

Sambali

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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balo

  1. widow; widower

Etymology 2

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Conjunction

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balô

  1. but

Spanish

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Verb

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balo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of balar

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

  1. widow; widower
    Synonyms: (female) biyuda, (male) biyudo
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Adjective

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balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ)

  1. widowed (of a person)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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balo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. act of fooling oneself into thinking one over the other
  2. act of losing one's strength
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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balò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. rope made from a strange liana
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Etymology 4

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Interjection

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balò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. nothing!
    Synonym: wala

Etymology 5

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Noun

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baló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. act of scaring children with duendes
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Ternate

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Etymology

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Likely related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj; see Uneapa balu (dove).

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Noun

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balo

  1. either the wood pigeon or the green pigeon

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).

Noun

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balo (plural balolar)

  1. affliction
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