bali

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Balinese

Romanization

bali

Romanization of ᬩᬮᬶ

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbal̪i/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

a cash advance

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈl̪i/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

the opposite, the reverse

Verb

bali

to invert, to reverse

Adjective

bali

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bali

to break off, to remove
to fracture

Noun

bali

a break, a breakage, a fracture

Adjective

bali

broken, fractured

Finnish

Etymology

< Bali

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bali

The Balinese language.

Declension

Synonyms

balin kieli

Related terms

Bali
balilainen

Hiligaynon

Adjective

balî

broken

Verb

bálì

break

Hungarian

Etymology

Bali +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bali (not comparable)

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

Declension

Iban

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /balɪʔ/

Verb

bali

alter; change

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /balɪ/

Noun

bali

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)

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)

a (small) tub

Declension

References

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

balî m

plural of balio

Javanese

Romanization

bali

Romanization of ꦧꦭꦶ

Kavalan

Noun

bali

wind

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bali

typhoon

Maranao

Noun

bali

price
worth

Derived terms

balibali

Masbatenyo

Adjective

balì

broken; fractured

Middle English

Alternative forms

beali

Etymology

From Old English *bealwiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *balwīg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaːliː/, /ˈbɛːliː/

Noun

bali (plural balis)

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

Related terms

bale
baleful

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 bali, balik, wali, and waluy.

Adverb

bali

again, once more

Derived terms

Descendants

Javanese: ꦧꦭꦶ (bali)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bali

tribute, offering
propitiatory oblation

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ (bali)

Etymology 3

Adverb

bali

indeed, surely

Derived terms

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

bali m

religious offering
revenue
tax

Declension

Adjective

bali

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

Pangasinan

Noun

báli

References

Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bali

third-person plural virile past of bać

Portuguese

Verb

bali

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

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.ˈli/, [ba.ˈli]

Noun

bali

air
wind

Sango

Noun

bali

river

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَل (bal).

Adverb

bali

however, on the contrary

Conjunction

bali

but instead

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi बाली (bālī).

Noun

bali (n class, plural bali)

earring
Synonyms: hereni, kipuli

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central bari, Cebuano bali, and Hiligaynon bali. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are the "break, fracture" and "granary basket" meanings really the same etymology?”)

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /ˈbaliʔ/ [ˈbaː.lɪʔ] (“fracture, break”, noun)
  - Rhymes: -aliʔ
- IPA^(key): /baˈliʔ/ [bɐˈliʔ] (“fractured, broken”, adjective; “granary basket made of woven bamboo splits”, noun)
  - Rhymes: -iʔ
Syllabification: ba‧li

Noun

balì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

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

Derived terms

Adjective

balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

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

Noun

balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

medium-sized granary basket made of woven bamboo splits

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbali/ [ˈbaː.lɪ]
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: ba‧li

Conjunction

bali (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

Alternative form of bale

Anagrams

labi, bila

Uneapa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bali/

Verb

bali

to not be
Synonym: ba

Descendants

→ English: Bali

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈba.l̪i/

Verb

bali

(transitive) to bind, tie
bali cingacinga ― to fasten a hair bun

Conjugation

References

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