| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | ba·la·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | balaas |
| Past tense | balais |
| Future tense | balaos |
| Conditional mood | |
| balaus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| balau | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | balaanta | balaata |
| Past tense | balainta | balaita |
| Future tense | balaonta | balaota |
| Catalan | agranar; escombrar |
|---|---|
| Danish | feje |
| Dutch | bezemen; opvegen; vegen |
| English | sweep; whisk |
| Faeroese | sópa |
| French | balayer |
| German | fegen; kehren; abkehren; auskehren; abfegen; ausfegen; wegfegen; schippen; vor sich herfegen; hinwegfegen; beseitigen; vertreiben; hinausjagen |
| Hungarian | söpör |
| Papiamento | bari |
| Portuguese | varrer; vasculhar; vassourar |
| Russian | заметать; мести |
| Saterland Frisian | feegje |
| Scottish Gaelic | sguab |
| Spanish | barrer |
| Sranan | figi; sibi |
| Swedish | sopa |
| Thai | กวาด |
| West Frisian | feie |