balok
See also: bálok
Cebuano edit
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧lok
Noun edit
balok
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (balok), from Dutch balk. Doublet of balak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balok (plural balok-balok, first-person possessive balokku, second-person possessive balokmu, third-person possessive baloknya)
- block: a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (forestry) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (geometry) cuboid: a parallelepiped having six rectangular faces.
- board:
- beam:
- (civil engineering) any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (sports) balance beam: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
- (military, colloquial) epaulet, epaulette, shoulder board: an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
- Synonym: epolet
- the unit of measurement for opium weight of 1,030 kg
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Further reading edit
- “balok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
balok
- Romanization of ꦧꦭꦺꦴꦏ꧀
Middle English edit
Noun edit
balok
- Alternative form of ballok
Sambali edit
Noun edit
balok
Toba Batak edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj.
Noun edit
balok