balik

See also: balık, Balık, and balík

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalik/ [ˈba.l̪ɪk]

Verb

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. to return
    Synonyms: buwelta, uli
  2. to repeat
    Synonyms: usab, subli

Noun

bálik (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. return; an act of returning
    Synonyms: buwelta, uli

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:balik.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik
  • IPA(key): /baˈlik/ [baˈl̪ik]

Adverb

balík (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. inside out

Verb

balík (plural baralik, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. to return; to come back, to go back
    Synonym: buwelta
  2. to returning (for) something
    Synonym: uli

Derived terms

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlik]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Noun

balík (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. turn
  2. change
  3. to and fro movement

Derived terms

  • agbalik
  • balik-balik
  • baliken
  • ibalik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay balik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaliʔ/ [ˈba.lɪʔ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aliʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧lik
  • Homophone: balig

Noun

balik (plural balik-balik)

  1. behind, rear, back-end

Verb

balik

  1. to return
    Synonyms: kembali, pulang

Verb

balik (active membalik, reflexive passive terbalik, ordinary passive dibalik, imperative balik, emphatic-jussive baliklah)

  1. imperative of membalik

Derived terms

  • balik andar
  • balik arah
  • balik belah
  • balik gagang
  • balik jurai
  • balik juru
  • balik kanan
  • balik kerak
  • balik kiri
  • balik mata
  • balik mazhab
  • balik nama
  • balik putar

Further reading

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare Tagalog balik, Central Bikol balik, Malay balik, Cebuano balik, and Ilocano balik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlik/ [bəˈliːk] (noun)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalik/ [ˈbäː.lik] (verb)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Noun

balík

  1. return; going back (to a place)
    Synonyms: uli, muli
  2. repetition
    Synonyms: ulit, pasibayu
  3. turning over (of food cooked on a grill or live coal)
    Synonyms: baligtad, baliktad

Verb

bálik

  1. giving back; return (of an object)
    Synonyms: subli, ibieng-pasibayu
  2. restoration; return to a former position
    Synonyms: isamasnan, isalesen
  3. retreat; turning back
    Synonyms: urung, atras

Derived terms

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik (reverse, turn around). Cognate with Tagalog balik.

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈbalek/ [ˈba.leʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aleʔ, -leʔ, -eʔ
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈbalik/ [ˈba.liʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aliʔ, -liʔ, -iʔ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Adverb

balik (Jawi spelling باليق)

  1. back

Noun

balik (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balik-balik or balik2)

  1. back part, behind

Verb

balik (Jawi spelling باليق)

  1. to return, to turn

Derived terms

Affixations

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: balik (inherited)

Further reading

  • "balik" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balik₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Verb

balik

  1. to return
  2. to repeat
  3. to memorize
  4. to disillusion

Polish

Etymology

From bal +‎ -ik. Compare Slovincian balëk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.lik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alik
  • Syllabification: ba‧lik

Noun

balik m inan (diminutive baliczek)

  1. diminutive of bal

Declension

adjective
adverb

Further reading

  • balik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik. Compare Kapampangan balik, Central Bikol balik, Malay balik, Cebuano balik, and Ilocano balik.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlɪk̚]
    • Rhymes: -ik
    • Syllabification: ba‧lik

    Noun

    balík (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

    1. return; going back (to a place)
      Synonyms: uwi, pag-uwi
    2. giving back; return (of an object)
      Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli
    3. restoration; return to a former position
    4. retreat; turning back
      Synonyms: urong, pag-urong, atras
    5. repetition
      Synonyms: ulit, pag-uulit
    6. turning over (of food cooked on a grill or live coal)
      Synonyms: baligtad, pagbaligtad

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • balik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
    • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balik”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

    Anagrams

    Tausug

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

    Pronunciation

    • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /balik/ [baˈlik̚]
    • Rhymes: -ik
    • Syllabification: ba‧lik

    Verb

    balik

    1. to repeat

    Volapük

    Adjective

    balik

    1. only
    2. simple
    3. sole