ulon

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun (“rest the head on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlon/ [ʔuˈl̪on̪]
• Hyphenation: u‧lon

Verb

ulón (plural urulon, Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. to rest one's head on a pillow or onto something used similar to a pillow

Derived terms

• mag-ulon
• ulonan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧lon
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlon/ [ʔʊˈl̪on̪]

Verb

ulon

1. to rest or pause by laying one's head on a pillow or onto something used similar to a pillow

Esperanto

Noun

ulon

1. accusative singular of ulo

Finnish

Noun

ulon

1. genitive singular of ulko

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• olon — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlon/ [ʔʊˈlon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: u‧lon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun (“rest the head on”). Compare ulo.

Noun

ulón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) head of the bed; bedhead

Derived terms

• mag-ulon
• mag-ulunan
• makaulunan
• ulong bubong
• umulon

Etymology 2

Noun

ulón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (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, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qulun₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• luno

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧lon

Verb

ulón

1. to put or rest the head on a pillow

Derived terms

• ulunan