balabalat
West Makian
editEtymology
editRegarded as a partial reduplication of balat (“wave”). However, compare also East Makian balbolat (“roller”), from East Makian bolat (“to roll up, to curl, to turn”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalabalat
- a roller (for beaching a boat)
References
edit- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics