balah

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probally borrowing from Java with initial *w- fortition.”) From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walaq with initial *w- fortified to b. May also a doublet with alah and belah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah

Verb

balah

1. to argue

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berbalah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berbalahan [stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (beR- + -an)
• berbalah-balahan [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)
• membalah [agent focus] (meN-)
• memperbalahkan [causative agent focus + causative benefactive] (mempeR- + -kan)
• perbalahan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)