| Malay: Indonesia | bulu | feather |
| Polynésien | fulu | feather |
| Tokh. | plu | fly (insect) |
| Eth.: Harrar, Galla | balli | feather |
| Soudan: Shuwa | balâ | Swallow, 316 |
| Berb. | balfelen | butterfly |
| Somali | balfelèr | Swift, 321 |
| Arabic | ibbàlah | Swift, 321 |
| Haoussa | boulo-boulo | Swift, 321 |
| Soudan | balá | Swallow, 316 |
| Amh. | nebè-bella | Swallow, 316 |
| Somali: Benadir, Mijirtein | bal | wing, balièr feather |
| Hebr. | baal | wing |
| Hebr. | balkanaph | winged |
| Hebr. | balkang | to fly |
| Baluchi | bal | flight |
| Kurde | bàl, pàl | wing, leaf |
| Pers. | bala | leaf |
| Pers.: Sangesar, Sivand | bàl | wing |
| Pers. | bàlwàr | winged |
| Pers. | balaban, bàlàwan | small hawks, 223 |
| Pers. | bàlwànà, bàlvarta, etc. | Swift, 321; Swallow, 316; butterfly; bat, 16.2 |
| Pers. | bàlwàya, yalwàyi | Swallow, 316 |
| Kurde: sorani | pel | arm, wing, branch |
| Pers.: Luhoni | palawar | bird |
| Kurde: Kirman | palawar | bird |
| Kurde | balalink | butterfly |
| Assyr. | bulili, pulili | bird |
| Pers.: Sivand | bàlanda | id. |
| Kurde: Bakhtiari | bàländä, bändä | id. |
| Kurde: Sorani | balinde, baldar | id. |
| Pers.: Kandulai | bàldar | id. |
| Kurde: Mokri | bàldar | id. |
| Kurde | bàlandä, bàlinde, bàlänä |
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| Burushaski | balas | id. |
| Breton | balafenn | butterfly |
| Breton | balav | small fry |
| Mod.Greek | výllos | papyrus ð6.2.23. |
| Anc.Greek | ballo | to throw |
| Anc.Greek | ballidzo | to dance |
| Germ. | balzen | id. |
| Breton | ball | id. |
| Franç.(a.litt.) | baller | id. |
| Franç. | baller | to shake, swing |
| Franç.(a.litt.) | baloyer | to flutter |
| Franç. | balayer | to sweep |
| Franç. | balais | broom |
| Franç.: H.Sav. | baloyai | séparer le blé et les criblures |
| Franç. | baliverne | futile remark, French fadaiseð6.2.8. |
| Franç. | billevesée | trifle, French bagatelleð6.2.25. |
| Franç.n.o. | houdebiller | secouer, FEW 16: 270 |
| Franç. | bilboter | chanceler |
| Franç. | bilboquet | cup-and-ball |
| Franç. | billebaude | confusion, disorder |
| Franç. | boulivari | disorder |
| Franç.: Norm. | boulivêner | mêler les choses sans soin |
| Franç. | bouleverser | to upset |
| Engl. | bullock-a-week | Lapwing, 158 |
| Engl. | belleck-plover | Lapwing, 158, cf. wallockð6.2.3. |
| Franç.: H.Sav. | baler | to winnow |
| Span. | abalear | id. |
| Prov. | coueto-belo | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Ital.: Corse | coribella | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Franç.rég. | ballequeue et var. | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Franç.: Puisserguier | embaulá(s') | s'emporter, FEW 22: 46 |
| Franç. | emballer (s') | to bolt, run away (horse); to get carried away (sans rapport avec emballer "mettre en balles") |
| Franç. nord | emballe | serpillère |
| Basque | blintxa | Lapwing, 158 |
| Franç.: wall. | bilsi | balancer FEW 21: 396 |
| Roman. | balancâ | large cowbell |
| Port. | balouçar | to swing |
| Franç. | balader (se) | se promener sans but |
| Franç. | ballet | a kind of dance |
| Franç.: Loches | bellovi | feu follet |
| Ital.: Piem. | balèt | sieve |
| Ital.: Susa | balota | Common Sandpiper, 178 |
| Franç. | balloter | to shake |
| Ital.: ReggioE. | balletto | sieve |
| Franç.: wall. | balter | battre des ailes |
| Franç.rég. | belute | Kestrel, 234 |
| Franç.rég. | palète et var. | Kestrel, 234 |
| Ital.: Otr. | palettu | Kestrel, 234 |
| Port.: Cap-Verde | pelelí | Kestrel, 234 |
| Cymry | pilan | Kestrel, 234 |
| Cymry | pela | what hovers |
| Cymry | pili-pala | butterfly |
| Kurde: Sorani | pel | arm, wing, branch |
| Anc.Greek | pallo | to shake briskly, brandish |
| Span. | pulular | to be agitated |
| Anc.Greek | pallein | to dance |
| Ital.reg. | pallante, fallante | Manx Shearwater, 111 |
| Ital.reg. | paluite | Lapwing, 158 |
| Gael.I. | speil | flock of birds |
| Franç.: FR | épéluve | spark |
| Franç.: Aoste | peleuva, peluya | spark |
| Roman. | spâlâturâ | washing |
| Franç.: Gasc. | apalussá | se secouer FEW 21: 360 |
| R.Rom. | pula | butterfly |
| Ital. | polso | puls, French pouls |
| Svensk | spilintu et var. | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Lettish | spèlet | to play |
| Germ. | spielen | to play |
| Engl. | play | to amuse oneself, frolic etc.. No semantic connection to plight,pledge or Germ. pflegen |
| Czech | pláti | to blaze (cf. plapolátið6.2.22.) |
| Alb. | pela | wave |
| Anc.Greek | pelo | moving |
| Anc.Greek | pólemos | war |
| Span. | pelea | quarrel |
| Ital. | pelo | (Span. id.) hair |
| Span. | pollera | downy feather |
| Ital. | peluria | down (subst.) |
| Lettish | spalva | feather |
| Engl. | spoil | to plunder, French spolier |
| Franç. | piller | to fly ð6.2.2. |
| Franç. | housepiller | maltraiter, secouer |
| Engl. | pilfer | to steal (cf. filchð6.2.6.) |
| Franç.(a.litt.) | pelfre | butin (prob. borrowed from Engl.) |
| Franç.: Guern. | pillevauder | piétiner |
| Franç.rég. | hurtepiller | se battre |
| Span. | bailar | to dance |
| Span. | bailarín | Storm Petrel, 115 |
| Ital.: Corse | ballerina | Common Tern, 97, pour son vol cadencé |
| Ital. | ballerina | danseuse; White Wagtail, 313 |
| Ital.reg. | balarin | Kestrel, 234 |
| Ital.: Chiusi | balandrana | Kestrel, 234 |
| Franç.rég. | baleri et var. | Kestrel, 234 |
| R.Rom. | ballariá | Kestrel, 234 |
| Cat. | baldritxa et var. | Puffin, 111 |
| Galice | baldrasco | golpe de mar da poca intensidad; oleaje en el que las olas tropiezan una con otras |
| Lith. | tabaluoti | to shake, tremble, totter |
| Franç. | balancer | to swing etc. |
| Ital.: Gen. | balanzella | a kind of small boat, skiff |
| Bielor. | balasjanica | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Ukr. | balasencyk | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Akk. | ballasitu | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Roman. | bâlâbanesc | to swing, sway |
| Ukr. | balaban | "falcon". In falconry attributed to various species, but is prob. a name for the Kestrel, 234 |
| Roman. | bululéu | Kestrel, 234 |
| Roman. | bâlâlâu | flippety-floppety |
| Russian | balalaïka | instrument emitting a vibrating sound |