ballaʼ

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalːaʔ/, [ˈɓal.laʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧laʼ

Noun

ballaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ)

  1. house
  2. (card games) One of the thirty types of cards in the patui or goan-gòng game
  3. A nest (of ants).

Derived terms

affixations
  • aʼballaʼ
  • ballakang
  • ballakiang
  • ballaʼ-ballaʼ
  • ballàki
  • paballaʼ-ballaʼ
  • pariballaʼ
  • pasiballaʼ
  • pasiballàkang
  • paʼballakkang
  • paʼballaʼ-ballakkang
  • siballaʼ
compounds
  • annyaʼlaˈ ballaʼ
  • appalaʼ ballaʼ
  • ballaʼ garring
  • ballaʼ keppang
  • ballaʼ koko
  • ballaʼ loe
  • ballaʼ lompo
  • ballaʼ nilamungang
  • ballaʼ nipadongkoʼ
  • ballaʼ nitonroloʼ
  • ballaʼ nitoʼdoʼ
  • ballaʼ oto
  • ballaʼ pallu

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN