See bala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"3": "*bajaq",
"4": "",
"5": "tell, inform; ask, inquire"
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"form": "balâ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜊᜎ",
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"Baybayin"
]
}
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4,
8
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4,
8
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"say"
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],
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"word": "sabi"
},
{
"word": "salita"
},
{
"word": "wika"
}
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
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],
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"speaking"
],
[
"say",
"say"
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],
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{
"word": "sabi"
},
{
"word": "salita"
},
{
"word": "wika"
},
{
"word": "pagsasalita"
},
{
"word": "pagsasabi"
},
{
"word": "pagwiwika"
}
],
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbalaʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbaː.lɐʔ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-alaʔ"
},
{
"ipa": "/baˈlaʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bɐˈlaʔ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʔ"
}
],
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}
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"word": "bala-balahan"
},
{
"word": "balahan"
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{
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},
{
"word": "ligaw na bala"
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{
"word": "pambala"
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"2": "es",
"3": "bala",
"4": "",
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"name": "bor+"
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],
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"tags": [
"Baybayin"
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}
],
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"word": "balon"
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{
"word": "punglo"
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"glosses": [
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],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbala/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
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"Standard-Tagalog"
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{
"word": "balana"
}
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"Baybayin"
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}
],
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],
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],
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"ba‧la"
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}
],
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"lang_code": "tl",
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{
"word": "bawa"
}
],
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{
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{
"word": "balang"
}
],
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],
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],
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[
"balang",
"balang#Tagalog"
]
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈbala/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈbaː.lɐ]",
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"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ala"
}
],
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}
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "balahan"
},
{
"word": "balahin"
},
{
"word": "magpabala"
},
{
"word": "mamala"
},
{
"word": "pabalahin"
}
],
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{
"form": "ᜊᜎ",
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"Baybayin"
]
}
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{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "bala (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ)",
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{
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"ba‧la"
],
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{
"parts": [
"ba‧la"
]
}
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"buying on credit"
],
"links": [
[
"buy",
"buy"
],
[
"on credit",
"on credit"
]
],
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{
"word": "utang"
},
{
"word": "pantaw"
}
],
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"obsolete"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈbala/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
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"ipa": "[ˈbaː.lɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ala"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbalaʔ/",
"note": "Bulacan"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbaː.lɐʔ]",
"note": "Bulacan"
},
{
"rhymes": "-alaʔ"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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