different between balun vs balut

English

Etymology

From balanced and unbalanced

Noun

balun (plural baluns)

1. An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one.

Translations

Anagrams

• NuLab

Kavalan

Noun

balun

1. belt; girdle

Portuguese

Noun

balun m (plural baluns)

1. balun (device that connects an unbalanced transmission to a balanced one)

English

Etymology 1

From a Filipino and Malay word meaning "wrapped".

Alternative forms

• balot

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

Anagrams

• bulat, tubal

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

Noun

balut

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?lot

Noun

balut

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

balut

1. a dice game similar to Yahtzee

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay balut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ba.l?t?]
• Hyphenation: ba?lut

Noun

balut (first-person possessive balutku, second-person possessive balutmu, third-person possessive balutnya)

1. wrapper, wrapping.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “balut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut?. Cognate of Tagalog balut

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ba.l?t?]
• Hyphenation: ba?lut

Noun

1. wrapper, wrapping.

Verb

1. wrap.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?palu?h(t)/

Noun

balut

1. nominative plural of ballu