balbal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæl.bəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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• 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 had killed in their lifetime, with the number laid being equal to the number of enemies slain.

Translations

Translations

Kazakh: балбал (balbal) Mongolian: балбал (mn) (balbal) Russian: балба́л m (balbál) Ukrainian: балба́л m (balbál)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bal‧bal
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalbal/ [ˈbal̪.bɐl̪]

Noun

bálbal

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

Verb

bálbal

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

Synonyms

• ungo, ekek, kikik, wakwak

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 (Form Iq)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	balbaltx	balbaltx	balbalx	balbalniex	balbaltux	balblux
	f			balblitx
imperfect	m	nbalbalx	tbalbalx	jbalbalx	nbalblux	tbalblux	jbalblux
	f			tbalbalx
imperative			tbalbalx			tbalblux

Maranao

Noun

balbal

1. witch, cannibal

Derived terms

• balbalan

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

• bali-bali

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lablab

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