Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorya type of hall, station, or large building for public uses, typically found in present-day Malaysia
From Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.
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