# balu
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balu/ [ba.lu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alu
* Hyphenation: ba‧lu

### Verb

balu
* Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, conditional indicative form of izan.

#### Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balu/

### Adjective

balu
* dead

#### References

* Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.lu/
* Rhymes: -lu
* Hyphenation: ba‧lu

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balu (“widow”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

#### Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)
* widower
    Synonym: duda

### Etymology 2

Unknown

#### Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)
* dark green
    balu:
    Synonym: hijau tua
* parsley green
    balu:
    Synonym: kuning kehijauan

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Medanese Malay [Term?].

#### Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)
* (dialect) fine hairs on the forehead or nape of the neck

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Javanese [Term?].

#### Noun

balu (plural balu-balu, first-person possessive baluku, second-person possessive balumu, third-person possessive balunya)
* (dialect) a buoy made of plastic or cork, tied to the edge of the net to prevent it from sinking

### Further reading

* “balu” 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.
* Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu. Cognate with Tagalog balo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balu/
* Rhymes: -alu, -lu, -u

### Noun

balu (Jawi spelling بالو, plural balu-balu, informal 1st possessive baluku, 2nd possessive balumu, 3rd possessive balunya)
* widow
    Synonyms: janda, randa
* thunder; the sound heard right after lightning strikes
    Synonym: guruh

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: balu

#### See also

* duda
* yatim

### Further reading

* “balu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *balu₄

## Middle English
### Noun

balu
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bale (“evil”)

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpaluː/

### Noun

balu
* accusative/genitive singular of ballu

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* balo

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balu (“evil”).

### Noun

balu n
* evil, malice
* destruction

#### Declension
## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟 (balu) — Hanifi Rohingya script

### Noun

balu (Hanifi spelling 𐴁𐴝𐴓𐴟)
* sand

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ˈlu/, [ba.ˈlu]

### Noun

balu
* flower

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /balu/ [baˈlu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: ba‧lu

### Noun

balu (Sulat Sūg spelling بَلُ)
* widow

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *baluc with irregular loss of *c, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀuj.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balu/

### Noun

balu
* dove

### Further reading

* Ross, Malcolm D. (2011) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)