balanga

See also: Balanga, balangą, Balangą, and balang̃a

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an emphatic form of bal (“ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: ba‧lan‧ga
• Homophone: Balanga

Noun

balanga f

1. (colloquial) booze-up, brannigan (a party with a lot of alcohol)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impreza

Declension

Declension of balanga

	singular	plural
nominative	balanga	balangi
genitive	balangi	balang
dative	balandze	balangom
accusative	balangę	balangi
instrumental	balangą	balangami
locative	balandze	balangach
vocative	balango	balangi

Derived terms

adjective

• balangowy

 

nouns

• balangowicz
• balangowiczka

 

verb

• balangować impf

 

Further reading

• balanga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Interjection

balanga

1. Alternative form of balang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balang̃a — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa. Compare Malay belanga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /balaˈŋaʔ/ [bɐ.lɐˈŋaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧nga

Noun

balangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ)

1. wide-mouthed, earthen cooking pot or jar

See also

• banga
• galong
• katingan
• palayok

 

Further reading

• “balanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• bagalan, Alabang