balai

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaʔi/ [bɐˈl̪a.ʔɪ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

balai

1. godmother

A verbal formation from French balai.

• IPA^(key): [baˈlai]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ai
• Hyphenation: ba‧la‧i

balai (present balaas, past balais, future balaos, conditional balaus, volitive balau)

1. to sweep

Conjugation of balai

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		balaas		balais		balaos
active participle		balaanta	balaantaj	balainta	balaintaj	balaonta	balaontaj
	acc.	balaantan	balaantajn	balaintan	balaintajn	balaontan	balaontajn
passive participle		balaata	balaataj	balaita	balaitaj	balaota	balaotaj
	acc.	balaatan	balaatajn	balaitan	balaitajn	balaotan	balaotajn
nominal active participle		balaanto	balaantoj	balainto	balaintoj	balaonto	balaontoj
	acc.	balaanton	balaantojn	balainton	balaintojn	balaonton	balaontojn
nominal passive participle		balaato	balaatoj	balaito	balaitoj	balaoto	balaotoj
	acc.	balaaton	balaatojn	balaiton	balaitojn	balaoton	balaotojn
adverbial active participle		balaante		balainte		balaonte
adverbial passive participle		balaate		balaite		balaote

infinitive		balai						imperative		balau						conditional		balaus

• balailo

Inherited from Old French balai, from ealier balain (“bundle of broom”, 12th c.), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *banatlo- (“broom plant”). It is uncertain whether the Celtic word passed into French through a Gaulish *balano- or rather through Middle Breton balain, balazn, from Old Breton balan. The latter appears more likely.

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɛ/

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• Homophones: balais, ballet, ballets

balai m (plural balais)

1. broom
2. broomstick flown by witches
3. (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night)
4. tail (of a bird of prey)
5. brush (electrical contact)
6. blade (of windscreen wiper)
7. (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age)

   Elle a quarante balais ― She’s forty

• → Esperanto: balai

• “balai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay. Semantic loan from Minangkabau balai for sense of market.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalai̯/
• Rhymes: -alai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯

balai (plural balai-balai, first-person possessive balaiku, second-person possessive balaimu, third-person possessive balainya)

1. public hall

   Synonym: paseban

2. building

   Synonym: gedung

3. office or bureau

   Synonyms: biro, kantor

4. house of parliament
5. (dated) house in a palace
6. market

   Synonyms: pasar, pekan

Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]

• IPA^(key): /baˈlai/
• Rhymes: -i

balai (plural balai-balai, first-person possessive balaiku, second-person possessive balaimu, third-person possessive balainya)

1. cattle tick

• “balai” 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.

• balói (Barlavento)

From Portuguese balaio.

balai

1. (Sotavento) basket

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

From Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

• IPA^(key): /balai̯/
• Rhymes: -alai̯, -lai̯, -ai̯

• Audio (Malaysia):

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balai (Jawi spelling بالاي, plural balai-balai, informal 1st possessive balaiku, 2nd possessive balaimu, 3rd possessive balainya)

1. hall, station, large building for public uses
2. (possibly obsolete) house
3. (dialectal) veranda, a front part of traditional house

• (house): rumah

• balai polis
• balai raya
• balairong seri

• Indonesian: balai
• → Min Nan: 貓厘／猫厘 (bâ-lî, “couch”)

• “balai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalaj/

balai

1. third-person singular past indicative of ballat

balai m (plural balais) (Limousin)

1. broom

balai

1. second-person plural imperative of balar

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlaʔi/ [bɐˈlaː.ʔɪ]
• Rhymes: -aʔi
• Syllabification: ba‧la‧i

balai (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜁ)

1. Obsolete spelling of balae.