# balai
## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlaʔi/ [bɐˈl̪a.ʔɪ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

### Noun

balai
* godmother

## Esperanto
### Etymology

A verbal formation from French balai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baˈlai]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ai
* Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

### Verb

balai (present balaas, past balais, future balaos, conditional balaus, volitive balau)
* to sweep

#### Derived terms

* balailo

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French balai, from earlier balain (“bundle of broom”, 12th c.), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom plant”). It is uncertain whether the Celtic word passed into French through a Gaulish *balano- or rather through Middle Breton balain, balazn, from Old Breton balan. The latter appears more likely.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: balais, ballet, ballets

### Noun

balai m (plural balais)
* broom
* broomstick flown by witches
* (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night)
* tail (of a bird of prey)
* brush (electrical contact)
* blade (of windscreen wiper)
* (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age)
    Elle a quarante balais ― She’s forty

#### Derived terms

* avoir un balai dans le cul
* con comme un balai
* donner un coup de balai
* du balai
* fou comme un balai
* manche à balai
* voiture-balai

#### Descendants

* → Esperanto: balai

### Further reading

* “balai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay. Semantic loan from Minangkabau balai for sense of market.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalai̯/
* Rhymes: -alai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯

#### Noun

balai (plural balai-balai)
* public hall
    Synonym: paseban
* building
    Synonym: gedung
* office or bureau
    Synonyms: biro, kantor
* house of parliament
* (dated) house in a palace
* market
    Synonyms: pasar, pekan

##### Related terms

* balairung

#### Compounds

* balai agung
* balai angin
* balai apit
* balai astaka
* balai bahasa
* balai banjar
* balai bayu
* balai bendul
* balai bengong
* balai besar
* balai dagang
* balai derma
* balai desa
* balai diskonto
* balai etek
* balai gading
* balai gede
* balai gendang
* balai gong
* balai harta peninggalan
* balai kambang
* balai kembang
* balai kesehatan
* balai kliring
* balai kota
* balai kulkul
* balai larangan
* balai latihan kerja
* balai lelang
* balai madat
* balai mentera
* balai obligasi
* balai pancapersada
* balai patok
* balai pawedan
* balai pemaksan
* balai penghadapan
* balai pengobatan
* balai peranginan
* balai perguruan tinggi
* balai pertemuan
* balai petemu
* balai prajurit
* balai rakyat
* balai rendah
* balai riung
* balai riwut
* balai sari
* balai sidang
* balai tengah
* balai tinggi
* balai wartawan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlai/
* Rhymes: -i

#### Noun

balai (plural balai-balai)
* cattle tick

### Further reading

* “balai” 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.

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* balói (Barlavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese balaio.

### Noun

balai
* (Sotavento) basket

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balai̯/
* Rhymes: -alai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Noun

balai (Jawi spelling بالاي, plural balai-balai, informal 1st possessive balaiku, 2nd possessive balaimu, 3rd possessive balainya)
* hall, station, large building for public uses
* (possibly obsolete) house
* (dialectal) veranda, a front part of traditional house

#### Synonyms

* (house): rumah

#### Derived terms

* balai polis
* balai raya
* balairong seri

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: balai
* → Min Nan: 貓厘／猫厘 (bâ-lî, “couch”)

### Further reading

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

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpalaj/

### Verb

balai
* third-person singular past indicative of ballat

## Occitan
### Noun

balai m (plural balais) (Limousin)
* broom

## Portuguese
### Verb

balai
* second-person plural imperative of balar

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlaʔi/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔɪ]
* Rhymes: -aʔi
* Syllabification: ba‧la‧i

### Noun

balai (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁ)
* Obsolete spelling of balae.