# balang
## Ilocano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalaŋ/ [ˈbɐ.laŋ]
* Hyphenation: bá‧lang

### Adjective

bálang (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)
* evil
    Synonym: tawataw

## Khasi
### Noun

balang f
* congregation, church
    U Khlieh ka balangthe head of the congregation

## Makasar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalaŋ/, [ˈɓa.lãŋ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lang

### Noun

balang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ)
* swamp, marsh
* pond (fish, lotus)
* (Turatea, Bantaeng) river
    Synonym: binanga (Makasar, Standard)

#### Compounds

* kitiʼ balang

### Further reading

* A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Noun

balang (Jawi spelling بالڠ, plural balang-balang, informal 1st possessive balangku, 2nd possessive balangmu, 3rd possessive balangnya)
* large glass bottles with small mouth
* A container
* (dialectal, Sambas) locust

### Further reading

* “balang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Verb

balang
* to happen, to occur
* to hinder

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

balang
* sound of a large bell

### References

* balang in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbalaŋ/ [ˈbaː.lɐŋ]
* Rhymes: -alaŋ
* Syllabification: ba‧lang

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balalaŋ (“grasshopper; locust”). Compare Malay belalang and Javanese ꦮꦭꦁ (walang).

#### Noun

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)
* locust

##### Derived terms

* balangin
* magkabalang
* matang-balang

##### See also

* lukton
* tipaklong

### Etymology 2

From bala +‎ -ng.

#### Determiner

balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)
* every; each; everyone
    Synonym: bawat
* any; anyone; some
* whoever; whichever; whatever

##### Derived terms

* balang bagay
* balang tao
* balang-araw
* manibalang

##### See also

* dilan

### Further reading

* “balang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balalaŋ₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Wiradjuri
### Alternative forms

* bɑlɑŋ
* bʊlʊŋ
* ballang
* bullang

### Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Ngiyambaa pala.

### Noun

balang
* head
** 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:bɑlɑŋ or bʊlʊŋ head(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1873, William Ridley, “Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:Head .... ballang(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:Ballang—the head.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:Head .... .... .... bullang.(please add an English translation of this quotation)