bolon

See also: Bolon

English

Etymology

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Noun

bolon (plural bolons)

1. A traditional harp played in Mali.

Translations

traditional Malian harp

• French: bolon (fr) m
• Spanish: bolon (es) m

Anagrams

• lob-on

Epigraphic Mayan

Alternative forms

• bʼolon
• balun
• ⟨𝋩⟩

Numeral

bolon

1. nine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.lɔ̃/
• Homophone: bolons

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bolon m (plural bolons)

1. bolon (traditional harp)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bolon m (uncountable)

1. Bolon (language)

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˈlu]
• (Provençal) IPA^(key): [buˈlũᵑ]

• Audio:

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Noun

bolon m (plural bolons)

1. bolt

Derived terms

• bolonar

Spanish

Noun

bolon m (plural bólones)

1. bolon (traditional harp)

Toba Batak

Adjective

bolon

1. big
2. great

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼeleng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɓolon]

Numeral

bolon

1. (obsolete) nine

References

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Bolòn. Nueve. 9.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 52