to play baccarat; baccarat.
bakat strong. See bangkat.
bakbakan distraught.
bakda 1 after; 2 day of celebration at end of the Fasting Month; 3 ended, finished (of work); - dheng the first moment after the Fasting Month signalled by mosque drums; - mulud 4th month of the Islamic calendar;
bakdan to celebrate at end of the Fasting Month; to wear new clothing on that day;
sabakdané after.
baken main, essential, basic (opt hr for baku).
baki serving-tray.
bakmi a Chinese dish made with noodles.
bakmoé a Chinese dish made with rice and beancake.
bakmoi var of bakmoé.
bako, mbako tobacco (shtf of tembako).
bakoh reg var of bakuh.
bakon see baku.
baku 1 main, essential, basic; 2 ricefield given to a village head instead of salary; - karang villager who owns a house and yard but no ricefields; - kebo one who carries out his job with his buffalo; omah home owner; - pajeg land tax; sawah 1 one who has part ownership of a ricefield; 2 portion of a ricefield subject to tax; wong - home owner, permanent resident;
mbakoni 1 to back financially; 2 to be the responsible person behind (s.t.); to supply s.o.'s basic needs;
bakon having the right to own a ricefield in a village;
bakuné basically, normally;
bebaku basis, foundation.
bakuh 1 solid, sturdily built; 2 reg determined.
bakul 1 market seller; 2 trader in agricultural products; 3 basket (reg var of wakul); - ojogan itinerant peddler; - rombeng(an) old-clothes man, second-hand dealer; - tikus peddler unlucky from not having enough capital; - timpuh sedentary market seller; - wade batik goods seller;
mbakuli to buy (goods) from a middleman to sell retail;
mbakulake to have s.o. sell (goods handled by a middleman) retail;
bakulan 1 or bebakulan act of selling in the marketplace; 2 to play solitaire.
bakula a certain flower.
bakung a certain flower.
bakwan a cornfritter-like food, made with shrimp added.
bakyak a type of wooden sandal.
bakyu (pron as: mbakyu) 1 elder sister; 2 adr for girl or lady older than o.s.
bal I 1 ball;- blèter a soccer ball; 2 light bulb;
bal-balan (to play) soccer; a soccer game or match.
II roll, bolt (of fabric); bale (of tobacco etc);
ngebali to pack in bolts/bales;
balbalan in the form of bolts/bales.
III railway warning signal.
bala I 1 army, troops; 2 team-mate; one on the same side; -koswa lit army, troops; pecah breakable things: crockery, dishes and glasses; -srewu way magical power to transform o.s. into a huge giant with a thousand heads;
mbala to take sides with.
II name of the 25 th wuku.
balabag lit 1 board; 2 one who is responsible for s.t. See blabag.
balabak name of a metre and melody of a classical song (tembang tengahan).
balabar, mbalabar lit to overflow See blabar II.
Baladéwa elder brother of Kresna;
Baladewa ilang gapité 'B. has lost his clamp'; to lose one's power or authority; totally powerless.
balak I (of fruit) to fall from the tree before ripening;
mbalak to cancel, avoid, reject, send s.o. back.
II a domino with an equal number of dots.
balang thrown;
mbalang to throw; - tingal or - liring to cast a glance, flirt;
mbalangi to throw tofat;
mbalangake to throw s.t.;
balangan 1 the act of throwing; 2 part of wedding ceremonies in which small bunches of betel leaves held by bride and groom are thrown to each other at the moment they meet: whoever throws first will be the dominant partner;
balang-balangan to throw to each other;
bebalang lit messenger; pambalang 1 the act of throwing; 2 a measure of distance;
sapambalang a stone's throw
balap racing; montor - racing car;
mbalap to speed;
mbalapaké to make s.t. go fast;
balapan a race, a racecourse; to race.
balas a weight for holding or steadying s.t.; ballast.
balé 1 hall, public building; - désa village administration building; - kambang an artificial island with a pavilion (reached by a bridge or walkway) in the centre of a pool surrounded by gardens; 2 front hall of a residence, used for entertaining; - agung a large front hall; - sigala-gala fire-trap, house like a tinder box (referring to a wayang episode in which the Pandhawas were to be burned alive in a house of lac).
balèg 1 to become an adult (see akil); 2 to have become accustomed, to know best;
mbalèg mature.
balék reg var of balik.
baléla rebellion;
mbalela to resist authority, rebel.
bales I reg steamroller.
II mbales, mbalesi to answer (a letter).
III ballast (var of balas).
IV var of wales.
bali ng, wangsul kr 1 to return, come back; 2 to be or go home;
mbalèni 1 to repeat, do over; 2 to return to (a subject); mbalèkaké 1 to return s.t.; 2 to refuse to accept;
balèn 1 a ride home/back; 2 to remarry (a divorced spouse);
bola-bali ng, wongsal-wangsul kr 1 to move back and forth; 2 to do again
