bolon

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bolon (plural bolons)

1. A traditional harp played in Mali.

• lob-on

• bʼolon
• balun
• ⟨𝋩⟩

bolon

1. nine

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.lɔ̃/

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• Homophone: bolons

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bolon m (plural bolons)

1. bolon (traditional harp)

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bolon m (uncountable)

1. Bolon (language)

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

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bolon m (plural bolons)

1. bolt

bolon m (plural bólones)

1. bolon (traditional harp)

bolon

1. big
2. great

• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈboːlɔn/, /ˈbɔlɔn/

bolon (feminine singular bolon, plural bolon, equative mor folon, comparative mwy bolon, superlative mwyaf bolon)

1. (South Wales) alternative form of bodlon (“content, satisfied”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bolon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

From Proto-Mayan *bʼeleng.

• IPA^(key): [ɓolon]

bolon

1. nine

• 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