alon

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

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

álon (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (Naga) wave; undulation

   Synonyms: hukol, balod

• IPA^(key): [ˈalon]
• Rhymes: -alon
• Hyphenation: a‧lon

alon

1. accusative singular of alo

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

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

alon

1. (dialect, Java) slow

   Synonyms: pelan, perlahan

• “alon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

alon

1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Affixed lon (“slowness”) +‎ a-.

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

alon

1. slow
2. soft
3. modest

• Javanese: ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (alon)
  • → Indonesian: alon

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

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalon/ [ˈʔaː.lon̪]
• Rhymes: -alon
• Syllabification: a‧lon

alon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

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

   Synonym: kulot

• “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

• lona, laon

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaːlɔn/, /ˈalɔn/

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alon m or f

1. music, harmony

   Synonyms: cerddoriaeth, harmoni

alon

1. Soft mutation of galon (“enemies”).

• 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