balat

See also: balät, bälat, and bälät

Batad Ifugao

Noun

balat

1. banana

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlat/ [baˈl̪at]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lat

Noun

balát (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜆ᜔)

1. shellfish (which breeds along the beaches)

   Synonym: suso

2. (Tagalog-influenced, anatomy) skin; scalp

   Synonyms: kublit, unit

See also

• bingkay
• buskay
• punaw

Brunei Malay

Noun

balat

1. sea cucumber

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bat

Etymology

Compare Tausug bāt

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lat
• IPA^(key): /baˈlat/ [bɐˈl̪at̪]

Noun

balat

1. sea cucumber

Anagrams

• latab, tabla, talab

Ibaloi

Noun

balat

1. banana

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lat/

Adjective

balat

1. extremely; really; very

Karao

Noun

balat

1. banana

Kavalan

Etymology

Compare Malay barat

Noun

balat

1. east wind

Keley-I Kallahan

Noun

balat

1. banana

Latin

Verb

bālat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of bālō

Limos Kalinga

Noun

balat

1. banana

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalah(t)/

Verb

balat

1. second-person singular present indicative of ballat

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlat/ [bɐˈlat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: ba‧lat

Noun

balát (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆ᜔)

1. (anatomy) skin
2. pelt; hide; animal skin
3. rind; peel
4. wrapper; packaging (of chips, candy, etc.)
5. shell (of eggs, mollusks, nuts, etc.)
6. cover (of a book)
7. bark (of a tree)
8. husk (of a coconut)

Derived terms

• balat-bunga
• balat-kalabaw
• balat-sibuyas
• balatan
• balatkahoy
• balatkayo
• buto't balat
• magbabalat
• magbalat
• maghalo ang balat sa tinalupan
• magpabalat
• mamalat-sibuyas
• may-balat
• pabalat
• pabalat-sibuyas
• pabalatan
• pagbabalat
• pagpapabalat

See also

• malat

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalat/ [ˈbaː.lɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -alat
• Syllabification: ba‧lat

Noun

balat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆ᜔)

1. birthmark on one's skin; livid spot on one's skin

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tabal, tabla, talab

Volapük

Etymology

bal +‎ -at

Noun

balat (nominative plural balats)

1. piece
2. unit
3. basic unit
4. single written item

Declension

Declension of balat

	singular	plural
nominative	balat	balats
genitive	balata	balatas
dative	balate	balates
accusative	balati	balatis
vocative 1	o balat!	o balats!
predicative 2	balatu	balatus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• balatam

Yogad

Noun

balát

1. answer; reply