bali

bali

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Balinese

Romanization

bali

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬮᬶ

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈbal̪i/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

  1. a cash advance

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /baˈl̪i/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

  1. the opposite, the reverse

Verb

bali

  1. to invert, to reverse

Adjective

bali

  1. changed to a contrary or counterchanged order or direction; characterized by inversion; turned upside down; reversed; opposite; contrary

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈbal̪iʔ/ (verb: to break off, to fracture)
  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /bal̪iʔ/ (noun: break fracture; adjective: broken, fractured)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ba‧li

Verb

bali

  1. to break off, to remove
  2. to fracture

Noun

bali

  1. a break, a breakage, a fracture

Adjective

bali

  1. broken, fractured

Finnish

Etymology

< Bali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑli/, [ˈbɑ̝li]
  • Rhymes: -ɑli
  • Syllabification(key): ba‧li

Noun

bali

  1. The Balinese language.

Declension

Synonyms

  • balin kieli

Related terms

  • Bali
  • balilainen

Hiligaynon

Adjective

balî

  1. broken

Verb

bálì

  1. break

Hungarian

Etymology

Bali +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒli]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Adjective

bali (not comparable)

  1. Balinese (of or relating to Bali, its inhabitants, or their language or culture)

Declension

Iban

Pronunciation 1

IPA(key): /balɪʔ/

Verb

bali

  1. alter; change

Pronunciation 2

IPA(key): /balɪ/

Noun

bali

  1. a woven Iban textiles, which figure prominently in the traditional faith and customs of Ibans

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːlɪ/
    Rhymes: -aːlɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bali (grassy bank), which, according to Pokorny, is from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to blow up, swell); see also Proto-Germanic *balluz, Albanian bole.

Noun

bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)

  1. a grassy bank
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish balje, balle, from Middle Low German ballie, balge, from French baille.

Noun

bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)

  1. a (small) tub
Declension

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: bà‧li

Noun

balî m

  1. plural of balio

Javanese

Romanization

bali

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦭꦶ

Kavalan

Noun

bali

  1. wind

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bali

  1. typhoon

Maranao

Noun

bali

  1. price
  2. worth

Derived terms

  • balibali

Masbatenyo

Adjective

balì

  1. broken; fractured

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • beali

Etymology

Possibly from bale. Compare also Belial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːliː/, /ˈbɛːliː/

Noun

bali (plural balis)

  1. (Early Middle English) The Evil One, the Devil.

Descendants

  • >? Yola: baalee

References

  • “?bālī, adj. as n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.li/
  • Rhymes: -li
  • Hyphenation: ba‧li

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Doublet of balik, wali, and waluy.

Adverb

bali

  1. again, once more
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦧꦭꦶ (bali)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of wali.

Noun

bali

  1. tribute, offering
  2. propitiatory oblation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ (bali)

Etymology 3

Adverb

bali

  1. indeed, surely
Derived terms

Further reading

  • "bali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

bali m

  1. religious offering
  2. revenue
  3. tax

Declension

Adjective

bali

  1. inflection of balin (strong):
    1. nominative singular neuter
    2. vocative singular masculine/neuter

Pangasinan

Noun

báli

  1. lie

References

  1. Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: ba‧li

Verb

bali

  1. third-person plural virile past of bać

Portuguese

Verb

bali

  1. inflection of balir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Sakizaya

Noun

bali

  1. air
  2. wind

Sango

Noun

bali

  1. river

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَل (bal).

Adverb

bali

  1. however, on the contrary

Conjunction

bali

  1. but instead

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi बाली (bālī).

Noun

bali (n class, plural bali)

  1. earring
    Synonyms: hereni, kipuli

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central bari, Cebuano bali, and Hiligaynon bali.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaliʔ/, [ˈba.lɪʔ] (noun: fracture, break)
  • IPA(key): /baˈliʔ/, [bɐˈliʔ] (adjective: fractured, broken; noun: granary basket made of woven bamboo splits)

Noun

balì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. fracture (of the bone)
  2. break of an elongated object (such as pencils, sticks, etc.)
    Synonyms: bakli, sapak
Derived terms

Adjective

balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. fractured
  2. broken (of elongated objects such as pencils, sticks, etc.)

Noun

balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. medium-sized granary basket made of woven bamboo splits

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈbali/, [ˈba.lɪ]

Conjunction

bali (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of bale

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷali, extended form of *bʷa, possibly from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bali/

Verb

bali

  1. to not be
    Synonym: ba

Descendants

  • English: Bali

Further reading

  • Lynch, John (December 2002), “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, issue 2, pages 310-362

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.l̪i/

Verb

bali

  1. (transitive) to bind, tie
    bali cingacingato fasten a hair bun

Conjugation

References

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

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