"balang" meaning in Tagalog

See balang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ˈbalaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈbaː.lɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜎᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -alaŋ Etymology: From bala + -ng. Compare Kapampangan balang (“every”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|tl|bala|ng}} bala + -ng, {{cog|pam|balang||every}} Kapampangan balang (“every”) Head templates: {{tl-head|determiner|b=+}} balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)
  1. every; each; everyone Synonyms: bawat
    Sense id: en-balang-tl-det-o80jYp1X
  2. any; anyone; some
    Sense id: en-balang-tl-det-mIULYtN- Categories (other): Pages with entries, Tagalog determiners, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Insects Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 28 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 28 1 3 2 2 1 12 0 3 Disambiguation of Tagalog determiners: 11 76 0 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 8 72 0 20 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng: 9 52 0 39 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 5 74 0 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 8 71 0 21 Disambiguation of Insects: 8 59 0 33
  3. whoever; whichever; whatever
    Sense id: en-balang-tl-det-p6kKXDCa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balang bagay, balang tao, balang-araw, balang-na, manibalang Related terms: balana, dilan
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈbalaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈbaː.lɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜎᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -alaŋ Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balalaŋ (“grasshopper; locust”). Compare Malay belalang and Javanese ꦮꦭꦁ (walang). Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*balalaŋ||grasshopper; locust}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balalaŋ (“grasshopper; locust”), {{cog|ms|belalang}} Malay belalang, {{cog|jv|ꦮꦭꦁ}} Javanese ꦮꦭꦁ (walang) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} balang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔)
  1. locust Derived forms: balangin, magkabalang, matang-balang Related terms: lukton, tipaklong
    Sense id: en-balang-tl-noun-Pedxb04o Categories (other): Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 16 24 0 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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