See bala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish bala (“bullet”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜊᜎ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "bala (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ba‧la"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bullet; slug"
],
"links": [
[
"bullet",
"bullet"
],
[
"slug",
"slug"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "punglo"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pellet"
],
"links": [
[
"pellet",
"pellet"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbala/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbaː.lɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ala"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 54 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/ala",
"Rhymes:Tagalog/ala/2 syllables",
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog determiners",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "balana"
}
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*bala"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bala",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bala, *bara (“whatever, whichever”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜊᜎ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "determiner",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "bala (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ)",
"name": "tl-head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ba‧la"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "det",
"related": [
{
"word": "bawa"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "balang"
}
],
"categories": [
"Tagalog obsolete forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of balang."
],
"links": [
[
"balang",
"balang#Tagalog"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbala/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbaː.lɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ala"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
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