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Etymology
From mahal + -on.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /maˈhalon/
- IPA(key): /maˈʔalon/ (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧lon
Adjective
mahálon (Basahan spelling ᜋᜑᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- intensified form of mahal
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /mahaˈlon/
- IPA(key): /maʔaˈlon/ (h-dropping)
- Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧lon
Verb
mahalón (Basahan spelling ᜋᜑᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- (literary, poetic) to love; to hold dear
- Synonyms: padangaton, padabaon
See also
Old Dutch
Etymology
From mahal (“marriage bond, wedding act”).
Verb
mahalon
- to marry
Thaz niwarth alliz niet sines unthankes, nouen nah sinemo willan, wanda hiz geskiede an sinemo maheldaga, tho her himo seluemo mahelda mit themo withemo sines heiligan bluodes thie ęcclesiam non habentem maculam neque rugam.- That happened not all of it unvoluntarily, but according his will, for it happened on his wedding day, when he married the dowage of his holy blood, (with) the church that had no spot nor wrinkle.
- c. 1100, Williram von Ebersberg and unknown adaptor, (Expositio) Willerammi Eberspergensis Abbatis in Canticis Canticorvm, Egmond, Holland
Inflection
Conjugation of mahalon (weak class 2)
Further reading
- “mahalon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012