alon

See also: Alon

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun. Compare Tagalog alon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalon/, [ˈʔa.l̪on̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lon

Noun

álon (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. (Naga) wave; undulation
    Synonyms: hukol, balod

Derived terms

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈalon]
  • Rhymes: -alon
  • Hyphenation: a‧lon

Noun

alon

  1. accusative singular of alo

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (alon, “slow; soft”), from Old Javanese alon (“slow, gentle, soft”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈalɔn]
  • Hyphenation: alon

Adjective

alon

  1. (dialect, Java) slow
    Synonyms: pelan, perlahan

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

alon

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed lon (“slowness”) +‎ a-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.lon/
  • Rhymes: -lon
  • Hyphenation: a‧lon

Adjective

alon

  1. slow
  2. soft
  3. modest

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (alon)
    • → Indonesian: alon

Further reading
  • "alon" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun. Compare Bikol Central alon, Ilocano allon, Javanese ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun), Malagasy aluna, and Malay alun.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalon/ [ˈʔa.lon]
  • Rhymes: -alon
  • Syllabification: a‧lon

Noun

alon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. wave (on the surface of a liquid)
  2. curl; wave (on a person's hair)
    Synonym: kulot

Derived terms
  • alon-alon
  • alunan
  • maalon
  • maalunan
  • mag-alon-alon
  • magpaalon
  • magpaalon-alon
  • paalunin
  • pag-aalon-alon
  • papag-alon-alunin
  • umalon
  • umalon-alon

See also

Further reading
  • “alon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qalun”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

alon m or f

  1. music, harmony
    Synonyms: cerddoriaeth, harmoni

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
alon unchanged unchanged halon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

alon

  1. Soft mutation of galon (“enemies”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
galon alon ngalon unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “alon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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