balbal

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbæl.bəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ælbəl

Noun

balbal (plural balbals)

  1. (historical) In pre-Islamic Turkic cultures, a stone laid at the tomb of a warrior which symbolized an enemy they killed in their lifetime, with the number laid being equal to the number of enemies slain.

Translations
Translations

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bal‧bal
  • IPA(key): /balˈbal/, [bʌl̪ˈbal̪]

Noun

balbál

  1. (Philippine folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster

Verb

balbál

  1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
  2. (of a balbal) to hunt or attack prey

Synonyms

Kapampangan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəlˈbal/, [bəlˈbäl]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧bal

Adjective

balbal

  1. broken into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)

Noun

balbal

  1. shattered pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)

Derived terms
  • abalbal
  • apabalbal
  • kabalbal
  • kabalbalan
  • mabalbal
  • makabalbal
  • makibalbal
  • mangabalbal
  • pabalbal
  • pakibalbal
  • pibalbalan

Maltese
Root
b-l-b-l
1 term

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbal.bal/

Verb

balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil)

  1. to gibber, to babble

Conjugation
    Conjugation of balbal
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m balbalt balbalt balbal balbalna balbaltu balblu
f balblet
imperfect m nbalbal tbalbal jbalbal nbalblu tbalblu jbalblu
f tbalbal
imperative balbal balblu

Maranao

Noun

balbal

  1. witch, cannibal

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan balbal.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balˈbal/ [bɐlˈbal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bal‧bal

Adjective

balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

  1. broken into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
  2. slangy (of a word)

Noun

balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)

  1. broken pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
  2. breaking into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
  3. slang; vulgar word
    Synonyms: salitang-kalye, salitang-kanto, salitang-balbal, islang, kawi

Derived terms
  • balbalin
  • kabalbalan
  • kabalbalang-salita
  • mabalbal
  • salitang-balbal

See also

Further reading
  • “balbal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbal.bal]

Noun

balbal

  1. spool, spindle

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