alon

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Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalon/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧lon

Noun

álon (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

alon

  1. accusative singular of alo

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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.

Etymology 2

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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