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balut

See also: Balut, băluț, and Băluț

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

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Noun

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balut (plural baluts)

  1. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
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Etymology 2

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From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

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balut

  1. A dice game similar to Yahtzee

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Tagalog balut.

Noun

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balut

  1. an Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧lot

Noun

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balut

  1. balut (street food)

Etymology 2

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Reborrowed from English balut, from Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

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balut

  1. balut (dice game)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay balut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂ (“roll or wrap something up”), from Proto-Austronesian *balut₁ (“mix”).

Noun

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balut (plural balut-balut)

  1. wrapper, wrapping
    Synonyms: barut, pembungkus
  2. (surgery) bandage: a strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury
  3. (cooking) balut: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Old Javanese balut (“redness and swollen”).

Adjective

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balut (comparative lebih balut, superlative paling balut)

  1. thick like swelling
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Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂. Compare Tagalog balot.

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balut (Jawi spelling بالوت, plural balut-balut)

  1. wrapper, wrapping.

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balut (Jawi spelling بالوت)

  1. to wrap.
    Synonym: bungkus

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  • > Indonesian: balut (inherited)

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Northern Sami

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpaluːh(t)/

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balut

  1. nominative plural of ballu

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut.

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Noun

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balút (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. balut (fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell)

Further reading

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

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