bali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bali"

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Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese bali (“tribute, offering”), from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of wali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: ba‧li
• Homophone: Bali

Noun

bali (Balinese script ᬩᬮᬶ)

1. offering

Further reading

• “bali”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbal̪i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

1. a cash advance

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈl̪i/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

1. the opposite, the reverse

Verb

bali

1. to invert, to reverse

Adjective

bali

1. changed to a contrary or counterchanged order or direction; characterized by inversion; turned upside down; reversed; opposite; contrary

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbal̪iʔ/ (verb: to break off, to fracture)
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /bal̪iʔ/ (noun: break fracture; adjective: broken, fractured)
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Verb

bali

1. to break off, to remove
2. to fracture

Noun

bali

1. a break, a breakage, a fracture

Adjective

bali

1. broken, fractured

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

1. a cash advance

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali

1. join, participate

Verb

bali

1. to join

Finnish

Etymology

< Bali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑli/, [ˈbɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): ba‧li

Noun

bali

1. Balinese (language)

Declension

Inflection of bali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative	bali	—
genitive	balin	—
partitive	balia	—
illative	baliin	—
	singular	plural
nominative	bali	—
accusative	nom.	bali	—
gen.	balin
genitive	balin	—
partitive	balia	—
inessive	balissa	—
elative	balista	—
illative	baliin	—
adessive	balilla	—
ablative	balilta	—
allative	balille	—
essive	balina	—
translative	baliksi	—
abessive	balitta	—
instructive	—	—
comitative	See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative balini — accusative nom. balini — gen. balini genitive balini — partitive baliani — inessive balissani — elative balistani — illative baliini — adessive balillani — ablative baliltani — allative balilleni — essive balinani — translative balikseni — abessive balittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative balisi — accusative nom. balisi — gen. balisi genitive balisi — partitive baliasi — inessive balissasi — elative balistasi — illative baliisi — adessive balillasi — ablative baliltasi — allative balillesi — essive balinasi — translative baliksesi — abessive balittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative balimme — accusative nom. balimme — gen. balimme genitive balimme — partitive baliamme — inessive balissamme — elative balistamme — illative baliimme — adessive balillamme — ablative baliltamme — allative balillemme — essive balinamme — translative baliksemme — abessive balittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative balinne — accusative nom. balinne — gen. balinne genitive balinne — partitive balianne — inessive balissanne — elative balistanne — illative baliinne — adessive balillanne — ablative baliltanne — allative balillenne — essive balinanne — translative baliksenne — abessive balittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative balinsa — accusative nom. balinsa — gen. balinsa genitive balinsa — partitive baliaan baliansa — inessive balissaan balissansa — elative balistaan balistansa — illative baliinsa — adessive balillaan balillansa — ablative baliltaan baliltansa — allative balilleen balillensa — essive balinaan balinansa — translative balikseen baliksensa — abessive balittaan balittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• balin kieli

Related terms

• Bali
• balilainen

Hiligaynon

Adjective

balî

1. broken

Verb

bálì

1. break

Hungarian

Etymology

Bali +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒli]
• Hyphenation: ba‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Adjective

bali (not comparable)

1. Balinese (of or relating to Bali, its inhabitants, or their language or culture)
   • 1960 July 31, K. I., “A szépség szigete (‘The Island of Beauty’)”, in A Hét, volume 5, number 31, page 18:

     [Kikiáltották] Azt a függetlenséget, amelyért még esztendő múltán is, 1946 novemberében 96 bali partizán halt hősi halált itt, ezen a sík mezőn. Az emlékmű az ő emléküket őrzi.

     [Proclaimed] The independence for which, even a year later, in November 1946, 96 Balinese partisans died heroically here, on this flat field. The monument commemorates them.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bali	baliak
accusative	balit	baliakat
dative	balinak	baliaknak
instrumental	balival	baliakkal
causal-final	baliért	baliakért
translative	balivá	baliakká
terminative	baliig	baliakig
essive-formal	baliként	baliakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baliban	baliakban
superessive	balin	baliakon
adessive	balinál	baliaknál
illative	baliba	baliakba
sublative	balira	baliakra
allative	balihoz	baliakhoz
elative	baliból	baliakból
delative	baliról	baliakról
ablative	balitól	baliaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	balié	baliaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	baliéi	baliakéi

Iban

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /balɪʔ/

Verb

bali

1. alter; change

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /balɪ/

Noun

bali

1. a woven Iban textiles, which figure prominently in the traditional faith and customs of Ibans

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːlɪ]

  Rhymes: -aːlɪ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse bali (“grassy bank”), which, according to Pokorny, is from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow up, swell”); see also Proto-Germanic *balluz, Albanian bole.

Noun

bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)

1. grassy bank

Declension

Declension of bali (masculine)

	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bali	balinn	balar	balarnir
accusative	bala	balann	bala	balana
dative	bala	balanum	bölum	bölunum
genitive	bala	balans	bala	balanna

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish balje, balle, from Middle Low German ballie, balge, from French baille.

Noun

bali m (genitive singular bala, nominative plural balar)

1. (small) tub

Declension

Declension of bali (masculine)

	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bali	balinn	balar	balarnir
accusative	bala	balann	bala	balana
dative	bala	balanum	bölum	bölunum
genitive	bala	balans	bala	balanna

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: bà‧li

Noun

balî m

1. plural of balio

Javanese

Romanization

bali

1. romanization of ꦧꦭꦶ

Kavalan

Noun

bali

1. wind

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bali

1. typhoon

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bali (“bali; enemy; answer”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw (“return; dual division, moiety; cluster; answer, oppose, opposite side or part; partner, friend, enemy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbali/, [ˈɓa.li]
• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Noun

bali (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒᨗ or 𑻤𑻮𑻳, definite balia, 3rd person possessive balinna)

1. companion located beside or opposite; partner; counterpart

   Inai kau balinnu?

   Who should be your companion?

   Niaʼminjomae balia

   The counterpart party (the bridegroom's family) has arrived.

2. opponent; enemy; adversary
3. opposite; reverse; contrary

   Apa balinna teʼne?

   What is the opposite of sweet?

   Balinna tallasakku

   The opposite of my life / my death.

4. answer; reply

   Balinna suraʼna ― The reply to his letter.

Adjective

bali (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒᨗ or 𑻤𑻮𑻳)

1. (chronology) next or last (referring to a corresponding weekday, month, or year exactly one cycle ahead or behind)

   Balinna anne jumàka kunaung

   I am going there next Friday.

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼbali
• aʼbali-bali
• baliang
• balianngang
• balì
• pabali-bali
• pasibali
• paʼbali
• paʼbali-baliang
• pimbali
• pumbali
• sambali
• sibali-bali
• sibaliang
• simbali
• sipaʼbaliang

compounds

• aʼbali empo
• aʼbali gauʼ
• aʼbali kampong
• aʼbali timbangang
• bali allo
• bali ballaʼ
• bali empo
• bali jumàʼ
• bali pasaraʼ
• bali paʼrasangang
• bali sattu
• bali suraʼ
• bali tallu
• bali taung
• bali timbangang
• gannaʼ bali
• kelong sibali-bali
• sibali-bali kana
• sibali-bali kelong
• tumange pimbali

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 54-56

Maranao

Noun

bali

1. price
2. worth

Derived terms

• balibali

Masbatenyo

Adjective

balì

1. broken; fractured

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beali

Etymology

From Old English *bealwiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *balwīg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːliː/, /ˈbɛːliː/

Noun

bali (plural balis)

1. (Early Middle English) The Evil One, the Devil.

Related terms

• bale
• baleful

References

• “?bālī, adj. as n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Tukang Besi

Noun

bali

1. enemy

References

• Mark Donohue (1999), A Grammar of Tukang Besi, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 535

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.li/
• Rhymes: -li
• Hyphenation: ba‧li

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw. Doublet of wali and waluy.

Adverb

bali

1. again, once more

Derived terms

• ababalen
• abali
• ambalekakĕn

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦭꦶ (bali)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of wali.

Noun

bali

1. tribute, offering
2. propitiatory oblation

Derived terms

• bantĕn
• pali
• pinababalenan
• pinapalenan

Descendants

• → Balinese: bali

Etymology 3

Adverb

bali

1. indeed, surely

Derived terms

• bali kapwa
• bali kari
• bali kumwa
• bali kupwa
• bali pwa
• bali pwa tan

Further reading

• "bali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• बलि (Devanagari script)
• বলি (Bengali script)
• බලි (Sinhalese script)
• ဗလိ or ၿလိ (Burmese script)
• พลิ or พะลิ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩃᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ພລິ or ພະລິ (Lao script)
• ពលិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄣𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

bali m

1. religious offering
2. revenue
3. tax

Declension

Declension table of "bali" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bali	balayo or balī
Accusative (second)	baliṃ	balayo or balī
Instrumental (third)	balinā	balīhi or balībhi
Dative (fourth)	balissa or balino	balīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	balismā or balimhā	balīhi or balībhi
Genitive (sixth)	balissa or balino	balīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	balismiṃ or balimhi	balīsu
Vocative (calling)	bali	balayo or balī

Adjective

bali

1. inflection of balin (“strong”):
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. vocative singular masculine/neuter

Pangasinan

Noun

báli

1. lie

References

• Benton, Richard Anthony, Pangasinan dictionary (1971)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: ba‧li

Verb

bali

1. third-person plural virile past of bać

Portuguese

Verb

bali

1. inflection of balir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ˈli/, [ba.ˈli]

Noun

bali

1. air
2. wind

Sango

Noun

bali

1. river

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَل (bal).

Adverb

bali

1. however, on the contrary

Conjunction

bali

1. but instead

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi बाली (bālī).

Noun

bali class IX (plural bali class X)

2. earring

   Synonyms: hereni, kipuli

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Central Bikol bari, Cebuano bali, and Hiligaynon bali. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are the "break, fracture" and "granary basket" meanings really the same etymology?”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbaliʔ/ [ˈbaː.lɪʔ] (“fracture, break”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aliʔ
  • IPA^(key): /baˈliʔ/ [bɐˈlɪʔ] (“fractured, broken”, adjective; “granary basket made of woven bamboo splits”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧li

Noun

balì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

1. fracture (of the bone)
2. break of an elongated object (such as pencils, sticks, etc.)

   Synonyms: bakli, sapak

Derived terms

• balian
• baliin
• bumali
• kabalian
• mabali
• mabalian
• pagkabali

See also

• mali

Adjective

balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

1. fractured
2. broken (of elongated objects such as pencils, sticks, etc.)

Noun

balî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

1. medium-sized granary basket made of woven bamboo splits

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbali/ [ˈbaː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: ba‧li

Conjunction

bali (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒ)

1. alternative form of bale

Anagrams

• labi, bila

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷali, extended form of *bʷa, possibly from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bali/

Verb

bali

1. to not be

   Synonym: ba

Descendants

• → English: Bali (“Bali island (Papua New Guinea)”)

Further reading

• see p.340 of: Lynch, John (December 2002), “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, pages 310-362

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.l̪i/

Verb

bali

1. (transitive) to bind, tie

   bali cingacinga ― to fasten a hair bun

Conjugation

Conjugation of bali (action verb)

	singular	plural
inclusive	exclusive
1st person	tabali	mabali	abali
2nd person	nabali	fabali
3rd person	inanimate	ibali	dabali
animate
imperative	nabali, bali	fabali, bali

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

• bulait (“cherry tree”)

Noun

bali

1. cherry ballart (Exocarpos cupressiformis)
2. cherry tree