The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value balai

Language:
Ngaju Dayak
Parameter:
large, open building, either entirely without walls or with 2-3 foot high walls. In Pulopetak these are built only when one holds a death feast. Further inland every village has its , where games are played, where community gatherings and the discussion of legal matters take place, and where visitors find lodging [247824972a5bf86e750086e544468de7]
References
Hardeland 1859