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balas

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found.

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balas (plural balases)

  1. (archaic, now chiefly attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

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rose-coloured spinel — see balas-ruby

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”).

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Noun

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balás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. sand
    Synonym: bunbon

Galician

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balas

  1. plural of bala

Hausa

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Borrowed from English balance.

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  • IPA(key): /bá.làs/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.làs]

Noun

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balàs m

  1. (financial) balance
  2. payment due for work done

Higaonon

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Noun

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balas

  1. sand

Hiligaynon

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balás

  1. sand

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Malay balas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈba.las]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

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balas (first-person possessive balasku, second-person possessive balasmu, third-person possessive balasnya)

  1. answer.
    Synonym: jawaban
  2. response.
    Synonyms: tanggapan, respon
  3. (uncommon) punishment.
    Synonyms: ganjaran, hukuman
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch ballast, from Middle Dutch ballast.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈba.las]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

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balas (first-person possessive balasku, second-person possessive balasmu, third-person possessive balasnya)

  1. ballast,
    1. (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
      Synonyms: tolak bahara, pengimbang kapal, pemberat
    2. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.
  2. (figurative) baggage, something that hampers functioning.
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Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”).

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈlas/ [bəˈläs]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

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balas

  1. sand

Latin

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bālās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of bālō

Lithuanian

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Adjective

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bãlas m (feminine balà) stress pattern 4

  1. Alternative form of báltas (“white”)

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *baləs (“to answer, retaliate; reciprocate good or evil”). Cognate with Malagasy valy and Javanese wales.

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balas (Jawi spelling بالس)

  1. to reply; to respond; to answer
    Synonyms: jawab, sahut
    Antonyms: pulau, tanya, soal
    Anton membalas pertanyaan itu dengan perasaan penuh yakin.
    Anton answered the question with full confindence.

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: balas

Further reading

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  • “balas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bales₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Masbatenyo

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balas

  1. bush

Occitan

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balas

  1. plural of bala

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Spanish bala (plural balas).[1][2] First attested in 1461–1467.

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balas m animacy unattested

  1. (architecture) baluster
    • 1461–1467, Sermones. Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty pochodzące z rkpsu Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. 230 (dawna sygn. 1421/108 Mns) z roku 1461-1467, page 415v:
      Ustawal ballaszami malovanimy, toczonimy sculpsit variis celaturis et torno (parietes templi... sculpsit variis caelaturis et torno III Reg 6, 29, 1471 MPKJ V 43: drangy torno)
      [Ustawiał balasami malowanymi, toczonymi sculpsit variis celaturis et torno (parietes templi... sculpsit variis caelaturis et torno III Reg 6, 29, 1471 MPKJ V 43: drągi torno)]

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “balas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “balas”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish balas.

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balas m inan (diminutive balasek or balaska or balasik)

  1. (architecture) baluster
    Synonym: tralka
  2. (Middle Polish, in the plural) turned furniture legs

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balas m inan (diminutive balasek)

  1. (colloquial) chocolate hot dog (long piece of fecal matter)
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Declension of balas
singular plural
nominative balas balasy
genitive balasa balasów
dative balasowi balasom
accusative balas balasy
instrumental balasem balasami
locative balasie balasach
vocative balasie balasy

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Ballas.

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balas m inan (diminutive balasek)

  1. (Middle Polish, gemology) type of red gemstone
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Declension of balas
singular plural
nominative balas balasy
genitive balasa balasów
dative balasowi balasom
accusative balas balasy
instrumental balasem balasami
locative balasie balasach
vocative balasie balasy

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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balas f

  1. plural of bala

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Verb

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balas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of balar
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of balir

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish balas.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalas/
  • Rhymes: -alas
  • Syllabification: ba‧las

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balas m inan

  1. sawhorse for drying hay

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Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbalas/ [ˈba.las]
  • Rhymes: -alas
  • Syllabification: ba‧las

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balas

  1. plural of bala

Verb

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balas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of balar

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *badas (“grit, coarse sand, gravel”). Compare Kapampangan balas, Hanunoo baras, Aklanon baeas, and Cebuano balas.

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balás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. coarse granulated sugar; crystallized syrup
  2. coarse grains of starch
  3. northwind
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Etymology 2

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balas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. poles used as prop to roofs to prevent a house from falling
    Synonyms: suhay, puntal, tukod

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  • “balas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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West Makian

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Etymology

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From Malay balas.

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balas

  1. (intransitive) to avenge, to pay back

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Conjugation of balas (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tabalas mabalas abalas
2nd person nabalas fabalas
3rd person inanimate ibalas dabalas
animate
imperative nabalas, balas fabalas, balas

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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