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balana f (genitive balanae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. alternative form of balanus
    • 200s, Quintus Gargilius Martialis De pomis seu medicina ex pomis 20 ed. Angelo Mai Operis deperditi de hortis Fragmenta ex codicibus Neapolitano et Romano cum scholiis palaeographicis et adnotationibus Rome 1846 p. 76 = Classici auctores e Vaticanicis codicibus editi. Tomus III Rome 1831 p. 423

      Balanarum glandes virides stringunt, coctae minus indigestionem faciunt.

      Fresh oak nuts constrict, cooked ones cause less indigestion.

First-declension noun.

From bala (every; each) +‎ na.

bálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

  1. anyone; anybody
    Synonym: sinuman

bálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

  1. the public; the people
    Synonyms: madla, taong-bayan, publiko

balanà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

  1. repeated exposure to heat
  2. (by extension) exposure to infrared rays (as part of medical treatment)

balanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜈ)

  1. half-cooked vegetable
  2. a kind of forest vine
  • balana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018