alon

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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álon (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alon

  1. accusative singular of alo

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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alon

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

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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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alon

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Affixed lon (slowness) +‎ a-.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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alon

  1. slow
  2. soft
  3. modest

Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (alon)
    • Indonesian: alon

Further reading

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

Tagalog

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • alon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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alon m or f

  1. music, harmony
    Synonyms: cerddoriaeth, harmoni

Mutation

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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.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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alon

  1. Soft mutation of galon (enemies).

Mutation

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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

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  • 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