# balut
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

#### Alternative forms

* balot

#### Noun

balut (plural baluts)
* Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

#### Noun

balut
* A dice game similar to Yahtzee

### Anagrams

* bulat, tubal

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

### Noun

balut
* an Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧lot

#### Noun

balut
* balut (street food)

### Etymology 2

Reborrowed from English balut, from Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

#### Noun

balut
* balut (dice game)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.lʊt̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lut

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂ (“roll or wrap something up”), from Proto-Austronesian *balut₁ (“mix”).

#### Noun

balut (plural balut-balut)
* wrapper, wrapping
    Synonyms: barut, pembungkus
* (surgery) bandage: a strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury
* (cooking) balut: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

#### Derived terms

* balutan
* berbalut
* membalut
* membalutkan
* pembalut
* pembalutan
* terbalut
* balut kuku

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese balut (“redness and swollen”).

#### Adjective

balut
* thick like swelling

#### Derived terms

* balut-balut

### Further reading

* “balut” 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
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂. Compare Tagalog balot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.lʊt̪]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lut
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ut

### Noun

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت, plural balut-balut, informal 1st possessive balutku, 2nd possessive balutmu, 3rd possessive balutnya)
* wrapper, wrapping.

### Verb

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت)
* to wrap.
    Synonym: bungkus

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: balut (inherited)

### Further reading

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

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpaluːh(t)/

### Noun

balut
* nominative plural of ballu

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* balot

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlut/ [bɐˈlut̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: ba‧lut
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### Noun

balút (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)
* balut (fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell)

### Further reading

* “balut”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* tubal, butal, bulta