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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧lon
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈlon/
Verb
ulón
- to rest one's head on a pillow or onto something used similar to a pillow
Derived terms
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧lon
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈlon/
Verb
ulon
- to rest or pause by laying one's head on a pillow or onto something used similar to a pillow
Esperanto
Noun
ulon
- accusative singular of ulo
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun (“rest the head on”). Compare ulo.
Noun
ulón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- (obsolete) head of the bed; bedhead
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ulón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
- (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 (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qulun₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
Waray-Waray
Pronunciation
Verb
ulón
- to put or rest the head on a pillow
Derived terms