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BaliEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Borrowed from Balinese Bali, possibly from Sanskrit बलि-द्वीप (bali-dvīpa, “island of offerings”) or Sanskrit वली-द्वीप (valī-dvīpa, “island of waves”). Or from Sanskrit वली (valī) or Sanskrit वलि (vali) and from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa). Cf. Java.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗BaliEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 八里 (Bālǐ).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗BaliEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Borrowed from Uneapa bali (“to not be”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗BaliEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Borrowed from Arabic بَلِي (balī).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024012
MODERN ENTRY POINTS
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shaman
English shaman, recorded by 1698, is ultimately from Evenki šamān. European scholarship later generalized one Siberian term across many unrelated spiritual traditions.
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verbal
Of, relating to, or consisting of words; also of verbs and, in one modern contrast, spoken rather than written.
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Is -al the lexical ancestor of verbal?
No. Latin -alis is a derivational component of verbalis; the lexical base verbum and the suffix have separate graph branches.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 2
RANK 11GRADE Aranked reveal
It was never humanity’s universal ancient name for spiritual practitioners.
English globalized a specific Evenki term through European scholarship and applied it to many unrelated traditions.
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German hostile agitation still carries a hound’s chase.
The medieval verb drives dogs after quarry. The same directed-force construction is soon applied to people: Middle High German records set people against one another, and Early New High German polemic sets rulers against Christians. Modern political hetzen is therefore not merely “hate” verbalized; it inherits a grammar of making another actor pursue, pressure, or attack.
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