balang

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaŋ/
• Hyphenation: bá‧lang

bálang

1. evil

• (evil): tawataw

balang f

1. congregation, church

   U Khlieh ka balang

   the head of the congregation

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balang (Jawi spelling بالڠ‎, plural balang-balang, informal 1st possessive balangku, 2nd possessive balangmu, 3rd possessive balangnya)

1. large glass bottles with small mouth
2. A container
3. (dialectal, Sambas) locust

• “balang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

balang

1. to happen, to occur
2. to hinder

Onomatopoeic.

balang

1. sound of a large bell

• balang in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• Hyphenation: ba‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaŋ/, [ˈba.lɐŋ]

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

1. locust

From bala +‎ -ng.

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)

1. every; each; everyone

   Synonym: bawat

2. any; anyone; some
3. whoever; whichever; whatever

• “balang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

• bɑlɑŋ
• bʊlʊŋ
• ballang
• bullang

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Ngiyambaa pala.

balang

1. head
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes

     bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head

   • 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:

     Head .... ballang

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   • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language

     Ballang—the head.

   • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:

     Head .... .... .... bullang.

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