bælˈoʊmə ɪz ðə spˈɪɹɪt ʌvðə dˈɛd ɪn tɹˌɑːbɹɪˈænd səsˈaɪəɾi, æz stˈʌdid baɪ bɹˈɑːnɪslˌɔː mˌeɪlɪnˈoʊski ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli twˈɛntiəθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, hˌuː pˈʌblɪʃt ɐn ˈɑːɹɾɪkəl ˌɔn ɪɾ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn bælˈoʊmə; ðə spˈɪɹɪts ʌvðə dˈɛd ɪnðə tɹˌɑːbɹɪˈænd ˈaɪləndz ɪnðə dʒˈɜːnəl ʌvðə ɹˈɔɪəl ˌænθɹəpəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt bɹˈɪtən ænd ˈaɪɚlənd.
Baloma is the spirit of the dead in Trobriand society, as studied by Bronislaw Malinowski in the early 20th century, who published an article on it in 1916 (Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands in The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland).