balut

See also: Balut, băluț, and Băluț

English

Pronunciation

  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /bɐˈlut̪̚/
  • Audio (Philippines):(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

Alternative forms

Noun

balut (plural baluts)

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

Etymology 2

From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

balut

  1. A dice game similar to Yahtzee

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Bikol Central

Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

Noun

balut

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lot

Noun

balut

  1. balut (street food)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

balut

  1. balut (dice game)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
Derived terms
  • balut kuku

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

balut (comparative lebih balut, superlative paling balut)

  1. thick like swelling
Derived terms
  • balut-balut

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈba.lʊt̪]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lut
  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت, plural balut-balut)

  1. wrapper, wrapping.

Verb

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت)

  1. to wrap.
    Synonym: bungkus

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: balut (inherited)

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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

Noun

balut

  1. nominative plural of ballu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlut/ [bɐˈlut̪̚]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: ba‧lut

Noun

balút (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

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

Further reading

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

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