battalaʼ

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatːalaʔ/, [ˈbat̪.t̪ʰa.laʔ]
• Hyphenation: bat‧ta‧laʼ

battalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨈᨒ)

1. heavy, burdensome, weighty

   Synonym: ringang

   Battalaʼngasengi kale-kalengku

   I have a heavy feeling all over my body

   Battalaki matangku

   My eyes are heavy (e.g., from sleep)

2. (figurative) important, serious

   Battalaki ripanggaukang-mabajika

   He is serious about doing good deeds.

3. (figurative) difficult, hard, not easy

   Battalaki kusaʼring lanjari anne gauka

   I think that will be difficult to accomplish.

   Battalaki rinakke

   It is difficult for me.

4. (figurative) reluctant, unwilling to do something

   Battalakaʼ ampassareangi

   I am reluctant to give it to him.

battalaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨈᨒ)

1. burden, what weighs on someone, what is someone's responsibility (wife and children)

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