Balinese Terms (Overview)

Following Alfred Maas ().

List of terms

No	Aksara Bali	Pronounce	Note	Source	English
1	ᬓᬮᬲᬸᬗ᭄ᬲᬂ	kala sungsang		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) Puri Bali Klungkung UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Kala = demon / demon who stole and drank the holy water of the gods that makes them immortal Sungsang = upside down
	ᬳᬜ᭄ᬘ​᭠ ᬳᬜ᭄ᬘ	antja-antja	old spelling	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
		anca-anca	Enhanced Spelling	UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬲᬸᬗ᭄ᬲᬗ᭄ᬓᬮ	sungsang kala		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
2	ᬕᬚᬄ	gadjah	old spelling	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	elephant
		gajah	Enhanced Spelling	UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
3	ᬧᬢᬺᬫ᭄	patrěm		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) Puri Bali Klungkung UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Keris / indigenous traditional dagger
	ᬓ᭄ᬭᬶᬲ᭄	kris		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	short sword that possess considerable magical power and must be treated with great respect; some have wavy blades; almost always worn by male dancers slung across the back, handle to the right; an important part of Balinese traditonal dress for such events as weddings, tooth filings, and so on.
4	ᬳᬸᬮᬸᬓᬸ	huluku	The same, because ᬳᬸ could stand for “u” or “hu”	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
		uluku		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬯᬸᬮᬸᬓᬸ	wuluku		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬯᬮᬸᬓᬸ	waluku		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬢᭂᬗ᭄ᬕᬮ	těnggala		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	A plow, a farming tool made of wood or iron to loosen and turn the soil
5	ᬓᬯᬦ᭄ᬤ	kawanda		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) Puri Bali Klungkung UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬕᭀᬯᬂ	gowang		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬮᬯᬾᬬᬦ᭄	lawean/laweyan		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	spirit
	ᬕᬸᬫᬯᬂ	gumawang		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
6	ᬓᬮᬧᬲᬸᬦ᭄ᬤᭂ	kalapa sundě		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	ᬜ᭄ᬚᬸ	n’ju		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	this is the only sort of coconut available in most parts of the west. used in Bali principally for making oil
	ᬓ᭄ᬮᬧᬤᭀᬚᭀᬂ	klapa dojong		Puri Bali Klungkung	Klapa = coconut
	ᬓᭂᬮᬧ	kělapa		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᭂᬮᬧᬲᬸᬦ᭄ᬤ	kělapa sunda		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᬮᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᭂ	kala cindě		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᭂᬮᬧᬲᭀᬦ᭄ᬤᭀ	kělapa sondo		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬧᭀᬳᭀᬦ᭄ᬓᭂᬮᬧ	pohon kělapa		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	It is stated in Indonesian, meaning coconut
7	ᬤᬸᬧ	dupa		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	incense
	ᬓᬸᬓᬸᬲ᭄	kukus		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	vapor, smoke, steam ; to cook in rice steamer, usually in the shape of a cone, woven from bamboo strips, tightly woven near the top, loosely woven near the apex of the cone
	ᬓᭂᬫᬸᬓᬸᬲ᭄	kěmukus		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
8	ᬳᬸᬮᬜ᭄ᬚᬃ	hulandjar	The same, because ᬳᬸ could stand for “u” or “hu”	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
		ulandjar		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
	ᬯᬸᬮᬜ᭄ᬚᬃ	wulandjar	old spelling	Puri Bali Klungkung
		wulanjar	Enhanced Spelling	UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᬶᬭᬶᬫᬦ᭄	kiriman		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬳᬓᬶᬭᬶᬫ᭄	akirim		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
9	ᬍᬫ᭄ᬩᬸ	lěmbu		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	A white cow, ox
10	ᬧᭂᬤᬢᬶᬲᬸᬳᬸᬂ	Pědati suhung	The same, because ᬳᬸ could stand for “u” or “hu”	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	Pedati is Indonesian means horse cart
		pědati suung		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Suung = quiet place, empty, quiet (temporarily vs. buu permanently because abandoned)
	ᬧᭂᬤᬢᬶᬲᬸᬯᬸᬂ	Pědati suwung		Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬧᭂᬤᬢᬶᬧᬸᬬᬸᬂ	Pědati puyung		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Puyung = empty
	ᬧᬤᬢᬶᬲᬸᬜ᭄ᬚ	Padati sunja		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
	ᬧᭂᬤᬢᬶ	pědati		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
11	ᬚᬭᬦ᭄	djaran	old spelling, jaran is the enhanced spelling	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) Puri Bali Klungkung	horse
	ᬓᬸᬤ	kuda		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᬸᬦ᭄ᬤ	kunda		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
12	ᬬᬸᬬᬸ	djudju	old spelling	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	crab that lives in fresh water, that appears near the sea and beach only in the rainy season when there is abundant runoff from the land
		yuyu	Enhanced Spelling	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬭᬓᬢ	rakata		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬯᬸᬮᬸᬲᬸᬦ᭄	wulusun		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᭂᬧᬶᬢᬶᬂ	kěpiting		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Crab; crab that lives on the beach, has ten legs, two of which are sharp pincers, its back is hard, blackish green in color, as wide as the palm of the hand, edible (Scylla serrata)
13	ᬳᬲᬸ	hasu	The same, because ᬳ could stand for “a” or “ha”	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	dog
		asu		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬳᬲᬸᬳᬚᬓ᭄	Asu adjak		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	ajak = along with; with
	ᬳᬲᬸᬳᬚᬕ᭄	Asu adjag		Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬳᬜ᭄ᬚᬶᬂ	anjing		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	It is an Indonesian term for dog
14	ᬚᭀᬗ᭄ᬲᬭᬢ᭄	Djong sarat	old spelling	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	Jong = part of the constellation Ursa Major; its bowl is regarded as a boat Sarat = laden, full, heavy, fully loaded, over-loaded; an important need
		Jong sarat	Enhanced Spelling	UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬚᬸᬗ᭄ᬲᬭᬢ᭄	Djung sarat	old spelling	Puri Bali Klungkung	Jung = small animal soaked in arak and eaten Sarat = aden, full, heavy, fully loaded, over-loaded; an important need
		Jung sarat	Enhanced Spelling	UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬧᭂᬭᬳᬸᬲᬭᬢ᭄	Pěrahu sarat		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Perahu = boat Sarat = aden, full, heavy, fully loaded, over-loaded; an important need
15	ᬲᬶᬤᬫᬮᬸᬂ	sidamalung		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬘᬾᬮᬾᬂ	tjeleng	old spelling, Celeng is the Enhanced Spelling	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	Celeng = pig
16	ᬳᭂᬭᬂ​᭠ ᬗᭂᬭᬂ	Hěrang-nghěrang		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	ᬗᭂᬭᬂ​᭠ ᬳᭂᬭᬂ	ngěrang-ěrang		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	erang = Feelings of shame mixed with anger
	ᬢᬗᬶᬲ᭄	tangis		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	cry
17	ᬕᬚᬳ᭄ᬫᬶᬦ	gadjahmina	old spelling, gajah mina is the Enhanced Spelling	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	gajah = elephant mina = the god associated with fish
	ᬕᬚᬫᬶᬦ	gadjamina	old spelling, gaja mina is the Enhanced Spelling	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬫᬓᬭ	makara		Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬓᬫ᭄ᬧᭁᬲ᭄	kampaus		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
18	ᬮᬸᬫ᭄ᬩᬸᬂ	lumbung		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	elevated rice barn, rice granary, rice storage place
	ᬕᬸᬩᬸᬕ᭄ᬧᬾᬜ᭄ᬘᬾᬂ	Gubug penjteng	old spelling, gubug penceng is the Enhanced Spelling	Puri Bali Klungkung	gubug = cottage; hut Penceng (javanese) = lopsided
	ᬫᬸᬚᬸᬂ	mujung		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	full; mounting (about rice, food, etc. in containers)
19	ᬓᬃᬢᬶᬓ	kartika		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	name of the fourth month of Bali
	ᬓᬺᬢ᭄ᬢᬶᬓ	krěttika		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬓᬭᬯᬶᬓ	karawika		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
20	ᬳᬢᬶᬢᬶᬯ	hatitiwa		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	ᬢᬶᬢᬶᬯ	titiwa		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬢᭂᬢᬶᬯᬄ	tětiwah		Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬳᬢᬶᬯ​᭠ ᬢᬶᬯ	atiwa-tiwa		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	cremation ceremony
	ᬢᬶᬯ​᭠ ᬢᬶᬯ	tiwa-tiwa		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
21	ᬲᬗ᭄ᬓᬮ᭄ᬢᬶᬓᭂᬮ᭄	Sangkal tikěl		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali Puri Bali Klungkung	sangkal = a frame for tools containing a blade (e.g. plane, razor, etc.)
	ᬲᬗ᭄ᬓᬢᬶᬓᭂᬮ᭄	Sangka tikěl		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
22	ᬲᬮᬄᬳᬸᬓᬸᬃ	Salah hukur	The same, because ᬳᬸ could stand for “u” or “hu”	Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	salah = mistake ukur = measure; shaped effigy used in a cremation ceremony made of Chinese coins that are sewn onto a white cloth that has various symbols drawn on it. The cloth, plus other offerings is called kajang and is carried to the cemetery and burned along with the remains
		Salah ukur		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
23	ᬩᬤᬾ	bade		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	corpse stretcher tower; one of the Ngaben ceremonial supplies that will be moved to Setra (grave) or to the beach
		bade’	e’ is standing for e (using ᬤᬾ ) not which is different from ě (ᬤᭂ)	Puri Bali Klungkung
24	ᬓᬸᬫ᭄ᬩ	kumba		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	clay pot, general term (archaic)
	ᬓᬸᬫ᭄ᬪ	kumbha		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬧᭂᬧᭂᬢᬦ᭄	pěpětan		Puri Bali Klungkung	rice stalk; lice; flea
	ᬚᬸᬦ᭄	jun		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Jar
25	ᬦᬕ	naga		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	big snake (in stories and in some compound words); dragon; big snake (according to belief) guardian of the wind (there are those who move every day, there are those every year, like - day, - year)
26	ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬚᬓ᭄ᬓᬗᬺᬫ᭄	Běnjak kangrěm		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	ᬩᬜ᭄ᬚᬓ᭄ᬳᬗᬺᬫ᭄	Banjak angrěm	old spelling	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬩᬜᬓ᭄ᬳᬗᬺᬫ᭄	Banyak angrěm	Enhanced Spelling	UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬩᬜᬓ᭄ᬗᭂᬋᬫ᭄	Banyak ngěrěm		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬳᬗ᭄ᬲᬫᭂᬗᭂᬭᬫ᭄	Angsa měngěram		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	angsa = goose mengeram is Indonesian term for “brood”
27	ᬩᬸᬩᬸᬩᭀᬲᭀᬃ	Bubu bosor		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	bubu = trap usually for fish or crabs, but may be for shrimp or lindung; Bangli area term for pig basket, which is called bangsung or keranjang tumpung, or keranjang celeng in other areas. Bubu is the usual word for fish or crab trap
	ᬯᬸᬯᬸᬩᭀᬮᭀᬂ	Wuwu bolong		Puri Bali Klungkung	bolong = hole
	ᬩᬸᬩᬸᬩᭀᬮᭀᬂ	Bubu bolong		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
28	ᬩᬦᬯᬚ᭄ᬧᬲᬄ	Banawah pasaj		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	pasah = separate
	ᬧ᭄ᬭᬯᬸᬧ᭄ᬕᬢ᭄	Prawu p’gat		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
	ᬧ᭄ᬭᭁᬧᭂᬕᬢ᭄	Prau pěgat		Puri Bali Klungkung	prau = boat pegat = rope or string broken because of overload; cut off, separate, break off
	ᬧᭂᬭᬳᬸᬧᭂᬕᬢ᭄	Pěrahu pěgat		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬧᭂᬭᬳᬸᬧᭂᬘᬄ	Pěrahu pěcah		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	pecah = broken into pieces
	ᬳᭀᬚᭀᬲᬭᬢ᭄	Ojo sarat		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	sarat = laden, full, heavy, fully loaded, over-loaded; an important need
29	ᬋᬩᬸᬢ᭄ᬳᬸᬢᬂ	Rěbut hutang		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology) UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	rebut = grab; beat utang = debt of money
	ᬫᭂᬗ᭄ᬭᬩᬸᬢ᭄ᬳᬸᬦ᭄ᬢᬂ	Měngrabut untang		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
	ᬋᬩᬸᬢ᭄ᬳᬸᬢᬂ	rěbut-utang		Puri Bali Klungkung	rebut = grab; beat utang = debt of money
	ᬫᬕᭂᬮᬸᬢ᭄	magělut		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	clinch (boxing); wrestle
	ᬕᭂᬮᬸᬢ᭄ᬳᬸᬢᬂ	Gělut hutang		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	gelut = to hold or grasp closely utang = debt of money
30	ᬳᬸᬤᬂ	Hudang		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	sometimes the word udang used alone is used to mean lobster; shrimp, any type of shrimp, prawn, crayfish, lobster; udang besar is a very general word commonly used by the Balinese to refer to lobster, but these are actually large crayfish and not related to the North American lobster
		udang		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬳᬸᬭᬂ	urang		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Shrimp
	ᬫᬓᬭ	makara		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
31	ᬤ᭄ᬧᬢ᭄	Dpat		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
		d’pat		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
	ᬤᭂᬧᬢ᭄	děpat		Puri Bali Klungkung UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬓᬸᬫᬗ᭄ᬫᬂ	kumangmang		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬩᭂᬕᭀᬳᭀᬂ	běgoong		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬩᭂᬕᭀᬂ	běgong		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
32	ᬳ᭄ᬭᬸ	Hru		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	ᬭᬸ	ru		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	constellation of Centaur in the southern sky, the two brightest stars of which, Alpha Centauri and Rigel Kent, are considered to be an arrow that is being shot by Arjuna toward the horse, Undakan, part of which is the Southern Cross (en)
	ᬧᬦᬄ	panah		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	including arrows, bow and arrow; arrow
	ᬚᬸᬭᬶᬢ᭄ᬫᬢᬶ	Jurit mati		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	jurit = war mati = dead; die
	ᬓᬧᭂᬭᬂ	kapěrang		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬧᬦᬄᬭ᭄ᬳᬸ	Panah rhu		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	arrow
	ᬲᬚᬓ	sajaka		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
33	ᬲᬗᬾᬗᬾ	Sangenge		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	sěngenge	sěngenge		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali
	ᬲᬺᬗᬾᬗᬾ	srěngenge	jav	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬲᬸᬗᬾᬗᬾ	sungenge		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬗᬭᬗ᭄ᬲᬺᬗᬾᬗᬾ	Ngarang srěngenge		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	ngarang = compose (music, poetry, stories); flowers
	ᬫᬢᬳᬭᬶ	matahari		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	Indonesian term for Sun, known as “matanai”
34	ᬧᬸᬳᬸᬄᬳᬢᬭᬸ	Puhuh hataru		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)	puhuh = quail
	ᬧᬸᬳᬸᬳ᭄ᬢᬭᬸᬂ	Puhuh tarung		Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	tarung is indonesian term for fighting / batling
	ᬧᬸᬚᬸᬳ᭄ᬢᬭᬸᬂ	Pujuh tarung		Puri Bali Klungkung
	ᬧᬸᬯᬸᬄᬳᬢᬭᬸᬂ	Puwuh atarung		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬧᬯᬸᬄᬳᬢᬭᬸᬂ	Pawuh atarung		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
35	ᬓᬶᬭᬶᬫ᭄	kirim		Wereldmuseum Leiden (National Museum of Ethnology)
	ᬚᬫ᭄ᬧᬦ	djampana	Old spelling, jampana is the enhanced spelling	Friederick (Voorlopig Verslag von het eiland Bali	jampana = stretcher, a kind of ancient transportation tool
	ᬕᭀᬢᭀᬗ᭄ᬫᬚᬶᬢ᭄	Gotong majit	Old spelling, the enhanced spelling is gotong mayit (ᬕᭀᬢᭀᬗ᭄ᬫᬬᬶᬢ᭄)	Puri Bali Klungkung	gotong mayit in Indonesia means to bring a corpse.
	ᬮᬭᬸᬂᬧᬕ᭄ᬮᬗᬦ᭄	Larung paglangan		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	larung = Drift; Throw Away
	ᬧᬕᭂᬮᬗᬦ᭄	Pagělangan		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	wrist
	ᬮᬳ᭄ᬭᬸᬧᬕᬮᬗᬦ᭄	Lahru Pagalangan		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	lahru = dry season
	ᬢᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬕ	těmbaga		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar
	ᬭᬭᬸᬂᬧᬕᭂᬮᬗᬦ᭄	Rarung pagělangan		UPTD Museum Bali Seminar	rarung = throw it all away; pupil of the Rangda, dressed entirely in red, hence called San Barak by local people in order to avoid having to say the real name, which is impolite or dangerous; has a long dialogue with Rangda near the end of the performance in which she is scolded for not doing Rangda's bidding; character in the Jimbaran Barong performance pagělangan = wrist