balut

See also: Balut, băluț, and Băluț

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

Alternative forms

• balot

Noun

balut (plural baluts)

1. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Translations

embryo food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛蛋 (máodàn)

• Indonesian: balut (id)
• Japanese: バロット (barotto)
• Khmer: ពងទាកូន (pɔɔng tiə koun)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ไข่ข้าว (th) (kài-kâao)
• Vietnamese: hột vịt lộn (vi), trứng vịt lộn (vi)

Etymology 2

From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

balut

1. A dice game similar to Yahtzee

Anagrams

• bulat, tubal

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

Noun

balut

1. 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

1. balut (street food)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

balut

1. balut (dice game)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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)

1. wrapper, wrapping

   Synonyms: barut, pembungkus

2. (surgery) bandage: a strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury
3. (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

1. 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^(key): [ˈba.lʊt̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lut

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت, plural balut-balut)

1. wrapper, wrapping.

Verb

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت)

1. 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^(key): /ˈpaluːh(t)/

Noun

balut

1. nominative plural of ballu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balot

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlut/ [bɐˈlut̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: ba‧lut

Noun

balút (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. 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