# alon
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔalon/ [ˈʔa.l̪on̪]
* Hyphenation: a‧lon

### Noun

álon (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* (Naga) wave; undulation
    Synonyms: hukol, balod

#### Derived terms

* maalon
* mag-alon

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalon]
* Rhymes: -alon
* Hyphenation: a‧lon

### Noun

alon
* accusative singular of alo

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalɔn]
* Hyphenation: alon

### Adjective

alon
* (dialect, Java) slow
    Synonyms: pelan, perlahan

#### Derived terms

* alon-alon

### Further reading

* “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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

alon
* Romanization of ꦲꦭꦺꦴꦤ꧀

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Affixed lon (“slowness”) +‎ a-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.lon/
* Rhymes: -lon
* Hyphenation: a‧lon

### Adjective

alon
* slow
* soft
* 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

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

### Noun

alon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔)
* wave (on the surface of a liquid)
* curl; wave (on a person's hair)
    Synonym: kulot

#### Derived terms

* alon-alon
* along tropiko
* alunan
* babasagang-alon
* habang-alon
* hampasang-alon
* maalon
* maalunan
* mag-alon-alon
* magpaalon
* magpaalon-alon
* paalunin
* pag-aalon-alon
* pambasag-alon
* papag-alon-alunin
* umalon
* umalon-alon

#### See also

* daluyong
* tagbik

### Further reading

* “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

### Anagrams

* lona, laon

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈalɔn/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈaːlɔn/, /ˈalɔn/

### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

alon m or f
* music, harmony
    Synonyms: cerddoriaeth, harmoni

#### Mutation

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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

alon
* Soft mutation of galon (“enemies”).

#### Mutation

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

### 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