balanga

See also: Balanga, balangą, Balangą, and balang̃a

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Malay belanga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈla.ŋa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧nga

Noun

balanga

  1. wide mouthed cooking pot

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an emphatic form of bal (ball).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaŋ.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
  • Syllabification: ba‧lan‧ga
  • Homophone: Balanga

Noun

balanga f

  1. (colloquial) booze-up, brannigan (a party with a lot of alcohol)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impreza

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
verb

Further reading

  • balanga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • balanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Interjection

balanga

  1. alternative form of balang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa. Compare Malay belanga.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /balaˈŋaʔ/ [bɐ.lɐˈŋaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧la‧nga

Noun

balangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ)

  1. wide-mouthed, earthen cooking pot or jar

See also

Further reading

  • balanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balaŋa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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