# balik
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧lik
* IPA: /baˈlik/ [baˈl̪ik]

### Adverb

balík (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)
* inside out

### Noun

balík (plural baralik, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)
* return; act of coming back, to going back
    Synonym: buwelta
* act of returning (for) something
    Synonym: uli

#### Derived terms

* balikan
* balikon
* ibalik
* magbalik
* pagbalik

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧lik
* IPA: /ˈbalik/ [ˈba.l̪ɪk]

### Verb

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)
* to return
    Synonyms: buwelta, uli
* to repeat
    Synonyms: usab, subli

### Noun

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)
* return; an act of returning
    Synonyms: buwelta, uli

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:balik.

#### Derived terms

* balik-balik
* balikan
* balikon
* binalik
* ibalik
* mamalik
* mobalik

### Anagrams

* libak

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlik]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lik

### Noun

balík (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)
* turn
* change
* to and fro movement

#### Derived terms

* agbalik
* balik-balik
* baliken
* ibalik

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay balik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbalɪk̚/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -lɪk, -ɪk, -k
* Homophone: balig
* Hyphenation: ba‧lik

### Noun

balik (plural balik-balik)
* behind, rear, back-end

### Verb

balik
* to return
    Synonyms: kembali, pulang

#### Derived terms

* balikan
* berbalik
* berbalik-balik
* berbalikan
* berkebalikan
* dibalik
* dibalik-balik
* dibaliki
* dibalikkan
* kebalikan
* keberbalikan
* keterbalikan
* membalik
* membalik-balik
* membaliki
* membalikkan
* pembalik
* pembalikan
* sebaliknya
* terbalik
* terbalikkan
* balik adab
* balik andar
* balik arah
* balik belah
* balik gagang
* balik jurai
* balik juru
* balik kanan
* balik kerak
* balik kiri
* balik mata
* balik mazhab
* balik nama
* balik putar

### Further reading

* “balik” 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
### Alternative forms

* balek (nonstandard)
* balek (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik (“reverse, turn around”). Cognate with Tagalog balik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /balik/
* Rhymes: -alik, -lik, -ik
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [bälɪʔ~le̞ʔ]

### Adverb

balik
* back

### Noun

balik (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balik-balik, informal 1st possessive balikku, 2nd possessive balikmu, 3rd possessive baliknya)
* back part, behind

### Verb

balik
* to return, to turn

### Derived terms

* balik kampung
* terbalik

### Descendants

* Indonesian: balik

### Further reading

* “balik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balik₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Maranao
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

### Verb

balik
* to return
* to repeat
* to memorize
* to disillusion

## Polish
### Etymology

From bal +‎ -ik. Compare Slovincian balëk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.lik/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alik
* Syllabification: ba‧lik

### Noun

balik m inan (diminutive baliczek)
* diminutive of bal

#### Related terms

* balowy
* balowo
* balomania
* balowicz
* balowiczka
* balownica
* balownik
* balować
* przebalować
* rozbalować
* zabalować

### Further reading

* balik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* balic — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare Malay balik, Cebuano balik, and Ilocano balik.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlik̚]
* Rhymes: -ik
* Syllabification: ba‧lik

### Noun

balík (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)
* return; going back (to a place)
    Synonyms: uwi, pag-uwi
* giving back; return (of an object)
    Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli
* restoration; return to a former position
* retreat; turning back
    Synonyms: urong, pag-urong, atras
* repetition
    Synonyms: ulit, pag-uulit
* turning over (of food cooked on a grill or live coal)
    Synonyms: baligtad, pagbaligtad

#### Derived terms

* balik-aral
* balik-asa
* balik-basa
* balik-eskuwela
* balik-lakas
* balik-loob
* balik-pasok
* balik-sabi
* balik-sikad
* balik-sulat
* balik-sundo
* balik-suri
* balik-taga
* balik-tanaw
* balik-tayon
* balik-tingin
* balik-tipon
* balikan
* balikbayan
* balikin
* bumalik
* ibalik
* ikabalik
* ipabalik
* kabalikan
* mabalik
* magbalik
* magkabalikan
* magpabalik
* magpabalik-balik
* magpanumbalik
* maibalik
* malikmata
* manumbalik
* mapabalik
* mapapagbalikan
* pabalik
* pabalik-balik
* pabalikin
* pagbabalik
* pagbabalik-loob
* pagbalik
* pagbalikan
* panumbalikin
* papanumbalikin
* sababalik
* tumbalik

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* kabil, kibal, libak, bakli, kibla

## Tausug
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /balik/ [baˈlik̚]
* Rhymes: -ik
* Syllabification: ba‧lik

### Verb

balik
* to repeat

## Volapük
### Adjective

balik
* only
* simple
* sole