balak

balak

1. poem

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaʔ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lak
• Rhymes: -laʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ

Doublet of belak and belang.

balak

1. spotted, blemished

Probably from Toba Batak balok (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

1. clan territory

From Malay balak, from Dutch balk. Doublet of balok.

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

1. (rare) log: the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches; any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
2. (dominoes) double tiles, doublet tiles: a tile that has the same pips-value on each end.

• (log): balak (Standard Malay)
• (log): balok

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

1. (military) acronym of badan pelaksana (“executive body”).

• “balak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalak/ [ˈba.lɐk]
• Rhymes: -alak
• Syllabification: ba‧lak

balak (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜃ᜔)

1. plan; intention; purpose

   Synonyms: plano, layon, layunin, hangad, hangarin

2. calculation; computation

• bakal, bakla

From Proto-Turkic *bAlak.

• IPA^(key): /bɑɫɑk/

balak

1. (dialectal) trouser leg

From Dutch balk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.l̪ak/

balak

1. a beam (of timber)

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