bolon

See also: Bolon

English

Etymology

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Noun

bolon (plural bolons)

1. A traditional harp played in Mali.

Translations

traditional Malian harp

• French: bolon (fr) m
• Spanish: bolon (es) m

Anagrams

• lob-on

Epigraphic Mayan

Alternative forms

• bʼolon
• balun
• ⟨𝋩⟩

Numeral

bolon

1. nine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.lɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophone: bolons

Etymology 1

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Noun

bolon m (plural bolons)

1. bolon (traditional harp)

Etymology 2

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Noun

bolon m (uncountable)

1. Bolon (language)

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˈlu]
• (Provençal) IPA^(key): [buˈlũᵑ]

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

bolon m (plural bolons)

1. bolt

Derived terms

• bolonar

Spanish

Noun

bolon m (plural bólones)

1. bolon (traditional harp)

Toba Batak

Adjective

bolon

1. big
2. great

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈboːlɔn/, /ˈbɔlɔn/

Adjective

bolon (feminine singular bolon, plural bolon, equative mor folon, comparative mwy bolon, superlative mwyaf bolon)

1. (South Wales) alternative form of bodlon (“content, satisfied”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bolon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bolon	folon	molon	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Yucatec Maya

Yucatec Maya numbers ^(edit)

←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: bolon

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼeleng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɓolon]

Numeral

bolon

1. nine

References

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746), Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Bolòn. Nueve. 9.”
• Montgomery, John (2004), Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 52