ulon

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧lon
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlon/, [ʔuˈl̪on̪]

Verb

ulón

1. to rest one's head on a pillow or onto something used similar to a pillow

Derived terms

• mag-ulon
• ulonan

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧lon
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlon/, [ʔʊˈl̪on̪]

Verb

ulon

1. to rest or pause by laying one's head on a pillow or onto something used similar to a pillow

Esperanto

Noun

ulon

1. accusative singular of ulo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• olon — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlon/ [ʔʊˈlon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: u‧lon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun (“rest the head on”). Compare ulo.

Noun

ulón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) head of the bed; bedhead

Derived terms

• mag-ulon
• mag-ulunan
• makaulunan
• ulong bubong
• umulon

 

Etymology 2

Noun

ulón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (geography, obsolete) small lake or puddle

Further reading

• “ulon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qulun₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧lon

Verb

ulón

1. to put or rest the head on a pillow

Derived terms

• ulunan