See bala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for bala meaning in Tagalog (5.0kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bala-balahan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "balahan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "balahin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ligaw na bala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pambala"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "bala",
"4": "",
"5": "bullet",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Spanish bala (“bullet”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "bala",
"4": "",
"5": "bullet"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish bala (“bullet”)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"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"
],
"id": "en-bala-tl-noun-45nRWU2X",
"links": [
[
"bullet",
"bullet"
],
[
"slug",
"slug"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "punglo"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pellet"
],
"id": "en-bala-tl-noun-yxJD1mz2",
"links": [
[
"pellet",
"pellet"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbala/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.lɐ]"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "balaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "himala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "himalain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kahima-himala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kahimalaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "magbala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "maghimala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mahimala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mapaghimala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nagbabala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pagbalaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "paghihimala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "paghimalaan"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*bajaq",
"4": "",
"5": "tell, inform; ask, inquire"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq (“tell, inform; ask, inquire”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq (“tell, inform; ask, inquire”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "balà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜊᜎ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "balà",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "balà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ba‧la"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 5 5 43 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 7 46 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 9 43 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 9 44 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"threat"
],
"id": "en-bala-tl-noun-pWm5siUP",
"links": [
[
"threat",
"threat"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "panakot"
},
{
"word": "banta"
},
{
"word": "babala"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 5 5 43 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 7 46 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 9 43 43",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 9 44 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"warning"
],
"id": "en-bala-tl-noun-S9k1S7ZS",
"links": [
[
"warning",
"warning"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "babala"
},
{
"word": "paalaala"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbalaʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.lɐʔ]"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*bala"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bala",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pro",
"2": "*bara",
"3": "",
"4": "whatever, whichever"
},
"expansion": "*bara (“whatever, whichever”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"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",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "balang"
}
],
"categories": [],
"derived": [
{
"word": "balana"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of balang."
],
"id": "en-bala-tl-det-cZokQEfB",
"links": [
[
"balang",
"balang#Tagalog"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "bawa"
}
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbala/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.lɐ]"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog determiners",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish",
"Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tagalog terms derived from Spanish",
"Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "bala-balahan"
},
{
"word": "balahan"
},
{
"word": "balahin"
},
{
"word": "ligaw na bala"
},
{
"word": "pambala"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "bala",
"4": "",
"5": "bullet",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Spanish bala (“bullet”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "es",
"3": "bala",
"4": "",
"5": "bullet"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish bala (“bullet”)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"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/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.lɐ]"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog determiners",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"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 missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "balaan"
},
{
"word": "himala"
},
{
"word": "himalain"
},
{
"word": "kahima-himala"
},
{
"word": "kahimalaan"
},
{
"word": "magbala"
},
{
"word": "maghimala"
},
{
"word": "mahimala"
},
{
"word": "mapaghimala"
},
{
"word": "nagbabala"
},
{
"word": "pagbalaan"
},
{
"word": "paghihimala"
},
{
"word": "paghimalaan"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "poz-pro",
"3": "*bajaq",
"4": "",
"5": "tell, inform; ask, inquire"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq (“tell, inform; ask, inquire”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq (“tell, inform; ask, inquire”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "balà",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ᜊᜎ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "balà",
"b": "+"
},
"expansion": "balà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ)",
"name": "tl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ba‧la"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"threat"
],
"links": [
[
"threat",
"threat"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "panakot"
},
{
"word": "banta"
},
{
"word": "babala"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"warning"
],
"links": [
[
"warning",
"warning"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "babala"
},
{
"word": "paalaala"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbalaʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.lɐʔ]"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
{
"categories": [
"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 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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "poz-pro",
"2": "*bara",
"3": "",
"4": "whatever, whichever"
},
"expansion": "*bara (“whatever, whichever”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"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/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈba.lɐ]"
}
],
"word": "bala"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.