balik

See also: balık, Balık, and balík

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

balík (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. inside out

Noun

balík (plural baralik, Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

1. return; act of coming back, to going back

   Synonym: buwelta

2. act of returning (for) something

   Synonym: uli

Derived terms

• balikan
• balikon
• ibalik
• magbalik
• pagbalik

 

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

• balik-balik
• balikan
• balikon
• binalik
• ibalik
• mamalik
• mobalik

 

Anagrams

• libak

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalɪk̚/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -lɪk, -ɪk, -k
• Homophone: balig
• Hyphenation: ba‧lik

Noun

balik (plural balik-balik, first-person possessive balikku, second-person possessive balikmu, third-person possessive baliknya)

1. behind, rear, back-end.

Verb

balik

1. to return

   Synonyms: kembali, pulang

Derived terms

• balikan
• berbalik
• berbalik-balik
• berbalikan
• berkebalikan
• dibalik
• dibalik-balik
• dibaliki
• dibalikkan
• kebalikan
• keberbalikan
• keterbalikan
• membalik
• membalik-balik
• membaliki
• membalikkan
• pembalik
• pembalikan
• sebaliknya
• terbalik
• terbalikkan

 

• balik adab
• 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

• “balik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• balek (nonstandard)
• balek (Riau, Siak, Tembilahan)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik (“reverse, turn around”). Cognate with Tagalog balik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balik/
• Rhymes: -alik, -lik, -ik
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [bälɪʔ~le̞ʔ]

Adverb

balik

1. back

Noun

balik (Jawi spelling باليق, plural balik-balik, informal 1st possessive balikku, 2nd possessive balikmu, 3rd possessive baliknya)

1. back part, behind

Verb

balik

1. to return, to turn

Derived terms

• balik kampung
• terbalik

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: balik

Further reading

• “balik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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:

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• Rhymes: -alik
• Syllabification: ba‧lik

Noun

balik m inan (diminutive baliczek)

1. diminutive of bal

Declension

Declension of balik

	singular	plural
nominative	balik	baliki
genitive	baliku	balików
dative	balikowi	balikom
accusative	balik	baliki
instrumental	balikiem	balikami
locative	baliku	balikach
vocative	baliku	baliki

Related terms

adjective

• balowy

 

adverb

• balowo

 

nouns

• balomania
• balowicz
• balowiczka
• balownica
• balownik

 

verbs

• balować
• przebalować
• rozbalować
• zabalować

 

Further reading

• balik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• balic — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlik/ [bɐˈlik̚]
• 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

• balik-aral
• balik-asa
• balik-basa
• balik-eskuwela
• balik-lakas
• balik-loob
• balik-pasok
• balik-sabi
• balik-sikad
• balik-sulat
• balik-sundo
• balik-suri
• balik-taga
• balik-tanaw
• balik-tayon
• balik-tingin
• balik-tipon
• balikan
• balikbayan
• balikin
• bumalik
• ibalik
• ikabalik
• ipabalik
• kabalikan
• mabalik
• magbalik
• magkabalikan
• magpabalik
• magpabalik-balik
• magpanumbalik
• maibalik
• malikmata
• manumbalik
• mapabalik
• mapapagbalikan
• pabalik
• pabalik-balik
• pabalikin
• pagbabalik
• pagbabalik-loob
• pagbalik
• pagbalikan
• panumbalikin
• papanumbalikin
• sababalik
• tumbalik

 

Further reading

• “balik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• kabil, kibal, libak, bakli, kibla

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