bala-bala

Makasar

Etymology

Cognate with Ilocano balála (“plan, project; a way proposed to carry out a design”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbalaˈbala/, [ˌɓa.la.ˈba.la]
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ba‧la

Noun

bala-bala (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒᨅᨒ)

1. plan, design, project, preliminary form (way in which one intends to carry out something)

   Nampaminjo bala-balana

   This is just the project of it.

   Kammaminne bala-balana ballakku

   This is what my house design looks like.

Affixations

• aʼbala-bala
• bala-balàng

 

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI