# 峇厘
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

The spelling 峇厘, attested in Lim (1886) and Zhou (2006), appears to be a phonetic spelling.
Adele Fielde defines Teochew 舳 (bha$^7$) as "bow of a vessel".
Carstairs Douglas and William Campbell identify the Hokkien 閭 / 闾 (lî) element as "door", while Fielde defines Teochew 閭 / 闾 (li$^5$) as "a habitation".

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bâ-lî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bha$^7$ li$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-lî
*** Tâi-lô: bâ-lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: balii
*** IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³⁻³³ li²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ba²⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³⁻²² li¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bha$^7$ li$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bā lî
*** Sinological IPA : /ba¹¹ li⁵⁵/

#### Noun

峇厘
* (Southern Min, nautical) small junk cabin
    From: 1909, 梅牧師 Mûi Bo̍k-su, 人ê性命無久長 Lâng ê Sìⁿ-miā bô Kú-tn̂g, in 台南教會報 Tâi-lâm Kàu-hōe-pò, issue 292
    Chûn-chú kóng, góa beh the̍h góa ê gîn chiah lâi. Lâng khǹg i tio̍h m̄-thang. I khì bâ-lî the̍h; kàu tó tńg lâi í-keng siuⁿ bān. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The boat owner said, "I want to get my money before coming." The people urged him not to, but he still went to the cabin to get it; when he came back, it was already too late.

##### Derived terms

* 峇厘客
* 峇厘房
* 食公司，睏峇厘 / 食公司，困峇厘

##### Descendants

* → Malay: bilik
** Indonesian: bilik
** → Arabic: بِلِّيج (billīj), بَالِج (bālij), بَلَنْج (balanj) — taṣḥīf, after Hindi पलंग (palaṅg, “bed”)
*** → Judeo-Arabic: כליג (balīj)
** → Portuguese: beliche
*** → Tetum: belixe

#### References

* William Campbell (1913) “lî (閭 Lû)”, in A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC.
* Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bâ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 8; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 8
* Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “lî”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 302; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 302
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “密閭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Nautical”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 103
* 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “峇厘”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 46.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Bālí
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Bālí
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Balí
*** Wade–Giles: Pa$^1$-li$^2$
*** Yale: Bā-lí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bali
*** Palladius: Бали (Bali)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵ li³⁵/

#### Proper noun

峇厘
* (Singapore, Malaysia, obsolete in Mainland China) (～島) Alternative form of 巴厘 (Bālí, “Bali”)