balus

See also: bālus, Baluś, and bälus

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano balos.

Verb

balus

to avenge

Lote

Noun

balus

airplane

References

Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpaluːs/

Noun

balus

locative singular of ballu

Tok Pisin

Etymology

This term is from the Western Oceanic substrate languages; it was considered by Mihalic to have entered Tok Pisin from Tolai, but Mosel argues that it "has certainly not been introduced from Tolai, but from a southern New Ireland language. For, apart from some marginal dialects […] Tolai […] lack[s] the phoneme /s/."^[1]

Noun

balus

pigeon
aircraft
Balus i stap long graun.
The airplane is on the ground.
flight

Synonyms

(pigeon) pisin

References

^ Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

[1] Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

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