balak

See also: bālāk and bałak

Cebuano

Noun

balak

1. poem

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaʔ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lak
• Rhymes: -laʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ

Etymology 1

Doublet of belak and belang.

Adjective

balak

1. spotted, blemished

Etymology 2

Probably from Toba Batak balok (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

1. clan territory

Etymology 3

From Malay balak, from Dutch balk. Doublet of balok.

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

1. (rare) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
2. (dominoes) double tiles, doublet tiles: a tile that has the same pips-value on each end.

Alternative forms

• (log): balak (Standard Malay)
• (log): balok

Derived terms

• membalak
• pembalak
• pembalakan

 

• balak gergajian

 

Etymology 4

Noun

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

1. (military) acronym of badan pelaksana (“executive body”).

Further reading

• “balak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalak/ [ˈbaː.lɐk̚]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: ba‧lak

Noun

balak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃ᜔)

1. plan; intention; purpose

   Synonyms: plano, layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin

2. calculation; computation

Derived terms

• balakin
• bumalak
• magbalak
• pagbabalak
• pagbalak-balakin
• pagkabalak

 

Anagrams

• bakal, bakla, labak, kalba

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bAlak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑɫɑk/

Noun

balak

1. (dialectal) trouser leg

West Makian

Etymology

From Dutch balk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.l̪ak/

Noun

balak

1. a beam (of timber)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics