"Balus" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

bálus - Answer, reply, rejoinder, response,
retort, return, reward, recompense,
remuneration, requital, guerdon; to
answer, return, pay back, reward,
recompense, requite. Balúsi ang íya sulát.
Answer his letter. Balúsi (básli) ang íya
kaló-oy sa ímo sa maáyo nga pagtábang
sa íya mga kalisúd. Return his mercy to
you by assisting him whole-heartedly in his
difficulties. Ibálus mo sa íya iníng isá ka
búlig nga ságing sa duhá ka sandíya nga
íya ginpadalá sa ákon. Give him this
bunch of bananas in return for the two
melons he sent me. Anó ang saráng ko
ikabálus sa ímo? What return can I make
you? How or wherewith can I repay you?
Kon akó índì makabálus sa ímo ang Diós
amó ang magabálus sa ímo. If I cannot
make you a fitting return God will do so.
Balúsan kamó sang Mahál nga Diós. May
God reward you. Binalúsan (ginbáslan,
bináslan) akó níya sing maláin. He made
me a bad return. Ibálus mo akó ánay
síning sulát ni Fuláno. Please answer this
letter of N.N. for me. Ginbalúsan
(Ginbálus) níya sing pilô ang pagtámpà sa
íya ni Fuláno. He paid back twofold the
slap he received from N.N. (cf. timalús).

bálus v {1} [A3S; b1c] do back to s.
o.
what he did to the agent.
Mibálus akug pahiyum, I smiled back at her.
Wà pa ku makabálus (makabalus) sa ímung suwat, I havent had the chance to answer your letter.
Balúsan (baslan) ku ang ímung kaáyu, I will repay your goodness.
Balúsan (baslan) ku ikaw, I will repay you.
Pagka walay igabálus mu, How ungrateful (repaying nothing) you are!
{2} [A; a] for s.t.
to happen one way and then the opposite way.
Balúsa pagtahì ang kílid, Sew the seams twice: once inverted and then the right way around.
Ang kalípay balúsan (baslan) ug kasákit, Happiness is followed by sorrow in turn.
{3} [C3] for a brother and sister to marry people that are also brothers and sisters.
n {1} thing done in return or response to s.t.
{2} person whose sibling of the opposite sex is married to a sibling of the spouse.
paniN-() v [A2; c] take vengeance on, avenge.
Panimaslan ku ang kamatáyun sa ákung igsúun, Ill avenge my brothers death.
n revenge.
pamalusbálus v [A23S; c] return a favor, repay a moral obligation.
balaslan, baslanan, pamaslan n {1} things to be done to repay a debt.
{2} days owing in the aláyun.
-in-an n plaid in design.
paN- n hind toe of a fowl which is bent backwards.
Ang langgam nga way pamálus dì makabátug, A bird that has no hind toe cannot perch.