ballang

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *bɨllaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaŋ (“spotted, dappled”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbalːaŋ/, [ˈɓãl.lãŋ]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lang

Adjective

ballang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ)

  1. variegated, spotted, piebald, speckled, multi-colored
  2. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
  3. white (of the legs of a horse, the eyes of a fowl or a horse)

Noun

ballang (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ)

  1. A kind of skin affliction, white with spots (as after having suffered a burn).

Derived terms

affixations
  • aʼballang-ballang
compounds
  • ballang kunyiʼ
  • jarang ballang bangkeng

Further reading

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

Wiradjuri

Noun

ballang

  1. alternative spelling of balang
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