Meaning of balanâ

(H) A crack, chink, split, fissure; to crack, form a chink or fissure. May balanâ or nagbalanâ ang túbo sang kínke, ang kristál sang bintánà, ang kólon, etc. The lamp-chimney, the window-pane, the cooking pot, etc. is cracked. (see litík, hirás).