Javanese

Noun

Bala

1. name of the twenty fifth week in Javanese calendar

Asturian

Noun

bala f ‎(plural bales)

1. bullet

Catalan

Etymology

From French balle.

Noun

bala f ‎(plural bales)

1. bullet

Chichewa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓá.ɽa/

Noun

bála class 5 ‎(plural mabála)

1. wound, injury
2. defect, physical problem

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbá.ɽa/

Noun

bála class 5 ‎(plural mabála)

1. bar (establishment where alcoholic beverages can be sold)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.ɽa/

Verb

-bala

1. to bear, to give forth

Crimean Tatar

Noun

bala

1. child
2. foal

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Galician

Noun

bala f ‎(plural balas)

1. bullet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَاء ‎(balāʾ, “misfortune”).

Noun

bala

1. misfortune

Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit बल ‎(bala, “power, strength”)

Noun

bala

1. (military) strength
2. (military) army
3. supporter ^[1]

References

• "bala" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

1. ↑ "bala" in J. W. M. Bakker & Fr. M. Sunarwidjaja, The Giri Sonta Course for Javanese (Lexicon). Giri Sonta, Ungaran, 1964

Latin

Verb

bālā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of bālō

References

• BALA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bala in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Common Slavic *bolto ‎(“swamp”) and Lithuanian báltas ‎(“white”).

Noun

balà f stress pattern 2/4

1. swamp, mire, morass

References

• “bala” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė

Northern Sami

Verb

bala

1. inflection of ballat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

bala n

1. strength
2. power
3. force
4. army, military force

Synonyms

• (army): balakāya

Portuguese

Etymology

From French balle, from Middle French balle from Northern Italian balla ‎(“ball”), from Lombardic *palla, *balla ‎(“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *ballô ‎(“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- ‎(“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‎(“to blow, swell, inflate”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la

Noun

bala f (plural balas)

1. bullet, projectile (part of the ammunition for firearms)
2. (Brazil) candy, sweet
3. (Brazil, slang) ecstasy pill

Synonyms

• (candy): doce, guloseima, rebuçado

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Italian ballo, from Old High German balo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâla/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la

Noun

bȁla f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ба̏ла)

1. bale, bundle, pack (bundle of goods)
2. (regional) ball, sphere

Declension

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin. Possibly a Dalmatian substratum word; compare Romanian bale ‎(“slobber, saliva”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâla/
• Hyphenation: ba‧la

Noun

bȁla f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ба̏ла)

1. (usually in the plural) mucus, snivel
2. (usually in the plural, informal) snot
3. (usually in the plural) slobber

Declension

References

• “bala” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bala” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From French balle.

Noun

bala f ‎(plural balas)

1. bullet

Verb

bala

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of balar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of balar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of balar.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish bala.

Noun

bala

1. bullet

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbala/

Adverb

bala

1. before