balut

See also: Balut, băluț, and Băluț

English

Pronunciation

  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /bɐˈlut̪̚/
  • Audio (Philippines):(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

Alternative forms

Noun

balut (plural baluts)

  1. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
Translations

Etymology 2

From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

balut

  1. A dice game similar to Yahtzee

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lot

Noun

balut

  1. balut (street food)

Etymology 2

Reborrowed from English balut, from Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

Noun

balut

  1. balut (dice game)

Central Bikol

Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

Noun

balut

  1. an Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈba.lʊt̪]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lut

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay balut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂ (roll or wrap something up), from Proto-Austronesian *balut₁ (mix).

Noun

balut (plural balut-balut)

  1. wrapper, wrapping
    Synonyms: barut, pembungkus
  2. (surgery) bandage: a strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury
  3. (cooking) balut: Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell
Derived terms
  • balut kuku

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese balut (redness and swollen).

Adjective

balut (comparative lebih balut, superlative paling balut)

  1. thick like swelling
Derived terms
  • balut-balut

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut₂. Compare Tagalog balot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈba.lʊt̪]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lut
  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت, plural balut-balut or balut2)

  1. wrapper, wrapping.

Verb

balut (Jawi spelling بالوت)

  1. to wrap.
    Synonym: bungkus

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: balut (inherited)

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpaluːh(t)/

Noun

balut

  1. nominative plural of ballu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈlut/ [bɐˈlʊt̪̚]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: ba‧lut

Noun

balút (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. balut (fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell)

Further reading

  • balut”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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