Balinese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wa.li/
  • Rhymes: -li
  • Hyphenation: wa‧li

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Javanese wali (again; once more), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bali (reverse, turn around), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (return).

Verb

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ᬯᬮᬶ (wali)

  1. (alus mider) to return

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old Javanese wali, bali, from Sanskrit बलि (bali). Doublet of ᬩᬮᬶ (bali).

Noun

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ᬯᬮᬶ (wali)

  1. ceremony
  2. sacred dance

Further reading

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  • bali” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].