OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Sneddon (1978a): Proto-Minahasan

Page number: 131

*balian

•  (pagan) priest; shaman.

Note: Tdn walian, Tse badian, Tbl balian '(pagan) priest, shaman'; Ttb walian 'priestess' [PPh *balian 'shaman'].