balbal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
balbal (plural balbals)
- (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.
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Translations
Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
balbál
- (Philippine folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster
Verb[edit]
balbál
Synonyms[edit]
Kapampangan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
balbal
Noun[edit]
balbal
Derived terms[edit]
Maltese[edit]
Root |
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b-l-b-l |
1 term |
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of balbal | ||||||||
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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[edit]
Noun[edit]
balbal
Derived terms[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan balbal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)
Noun[edit]
balbál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔)
- broken pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
- breaking into pieces (of glassware, earthenware, etc.)
- slang; vulgar word
- Synonyms: salitang-kalye, salitang-kanto, salitang-balbal, islang, kawi
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “balbal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Ternate[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
balbal
References[edit]
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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- English terms borrowed from Old Turkic
- English learned borrowings from Old Turkic
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- English terms derived from Mongolic languages
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- Rhymes:English/ælbəl
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