# baling
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeɪlɪŋ/
* Homophone: bailing

### Verb

baling
* present participle and gerund of bale

### Noun

baling (plural balings)
* A collection of material packaged into a bale.
    fibre balings

#### Derived terms

* spit and baling wire

### Anagrams

* abling

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ling

### Noun

baling
* a type of trammel net

### Anagrams

* bangil, bilang, labing, libang, ngabil

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalɪŋ/
* Hyphenation: ba‧ling

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay baling, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋ.

#### Noun

baling (uncountable)
* stone tied to a rope that is thrown by twisting the rope.

##### Derived terms

* baling-baling
* berbaling
* bolang-baling
* membaling
* membalingkan
* pembaling

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

baling (uncountable)
* fourfinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum).

### Etymology 3

From Riau Malay [Term?].

#### Adjective

baling
* (dialect) imbalance
    Antonyms: lurus, seimbang

### Further reading

* “baling” 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.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baliŋ/, [baleŋ]
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -liŋ, -iŋ

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋ.

#### Noun

baling (Jawi spelling باليڠ, plural baling-baling, informal 1st possessive balingku, 2nd possessive balingmu, 3rd possessive balingnya)
* A stone or any other object tied to a rope and then thrown by first swinging it around the head.
    Synonyms: lempar, campak

##### Affixations

* baling-baling
* balingan
* balingi
* bebaling
* berbaling
* bolang-baling
* bulang-baling
* dibalingi
* membalingi
* pembaling

#### Verb

baling (Jawi spelling باليڠ)
* (transitive) To throw an object tied to a rope in a way where it is first swung around the head.
    Synonym: lempar
* (transitive) To throw an object.
    Synonyms: lempar, campak

##### Affixations

* dibaling
* membaling

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

baling (Jawi spelling باليڠ, plural baling-baling, informal 1st possessive balingku, 2nd possessive balingmu, 3rd possessive balingnya)
* (dialectal, Perak) A member of the Herpestes genus.
    Synonym: cerpelai

### Further reading

* “baling” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *baliŋ₂

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋ (“bent, twisted”). Compare Malay baling.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈbaliŋ/ [ˈbaː.lɪŋ] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -aliŋ
** IPA: /baˈliŋ/ [bɐˈliŋ] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -iŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧ling

### Noun

baling (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜅ᜔)
* inclining of the head to one side
* slight turn to one side (in driving)
* turning of one's attention to another thing
* speech directed towards someone

#### Derived terms

* balingan
* bumaling
* ibaling
* magbaling
* pabalingin
* pagbaling

#### See also

* paling
* suling
* waling

### Adjective

balíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜅ᜔)
* (mathematics, neologism) negative
    Synonym: negatibo
    Antonyms: tahas, positibo

### References

* “baling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

### Anagrams

* libang, langib, bilang, labing-, labing

## Tausug
### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /baliŋ/ [baˈliŋ]
* Rhymes: -iŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧ling

### Noun

baling (Sulat Sūg spelling بَلِڠْ)
* a tiny shrimp preserved in brine; shrimp paste

#### Derived terms

* balingan
* biyabaling
* biyaling
* bumaling
* magbaling
* nagbabaling
* nagbaling
* piyabaling
* piyabalingan

#### Descendants

* → Yakan: baling

## Yakan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tausug baling.

### Noun

baling
* A very salty shrimp dish, made of tiny shrimp pisayan and salt, and pounded.