Acholi

Verb

balo

1. to spoil

Bwatoo

Etymology

From French ballon.

Noun

balo

1. ball

Synonyms

• bool

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, ISBN 3110206048)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

balo ‎(accusative singular balon, plural baloj, accusative plural balojn)

1. ball (formal dance)

Hiligaynon

Noun

bálo

1. widow

Noun

bálò

1. an alarm or warning

Noun

balô

1. a slip knot or noose

Verb

bálò

1. to warn of danger

Verb

baló

1. (obsolete) to know

Latin

Alternative forms

• bēlō

Etymology

From an onomatopeic Proto-Indo-European *bē-. Compare Ancient Greek βῆ ‎(bê) and Latin bebō ‎(“I yell, scream”)^[1].

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.loː/

Verb

bālō ‎(present infinitive bālāre, perfect active bālāvī, supine bālātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I bleat, baa.
2. (intransitive) I talk foolishly.

Inflection

Derived terms

• bālāns
• bālātus
• dībālō

Descendants

• Italian: belare
• Portuguese: balar
• Spanish: balar

References

• balo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• balo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “balo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bē-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 96-97

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balwą, whence also Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(balweins, “torture”), Old English bealo, Old Norse bǫl.

Noun

balo n

1. destruction

Old Saxon

Noun

balo n

1. Alternative form of balu

Portuguese

Verb

balo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of balar

Spanish

Verb

balo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of balar.