balon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Cebuano balon, Ilocano balon and Tagalog baon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalon/ [ˈba.l̪on̪]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

bálon (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. supply of provisions taken on a trip (such as food, money, etc.)
2. allowance; lunch money; stipend

• bawon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Bikol Central balon, Ilocano balon Tagalog baon).

• (Standard Cebuano, Leyte, Bohol) IPA^(key): /baˈlon/ [bɐˈl̪on̪]
• (Metro Cebu) IPA^(key): /baˈwon/ [bɐˈwon̪]
• (Surigao) IPA^(key): /baˈjon/ [bɐˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on̪, -aʊ̯n̪
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

balon

1. money, food, or other provisions taken to school, work, or on a journey
2. lunch money or pocket money

balon

1. to bring or carry money, food or other provisions
2. to learn a lesson or heed an advice before or during a journey

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:balon.

balon

1. accusative singular of balo

balon m

1. football

bal +‎ -on (case suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlon]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

balon

1. superessive singular of bal

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Bikol Central balon, Cebuano balon Tagalog baon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalun/, [ˈbalon]
• Hyphenation: bá‧lon

bálon

1. provisions; food, money or supplies brought on a journey or outside home

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbalɔn/ [ˈba.lɔn]
• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

From Dutch ballon. Cognate with Malay belon.

balon (plural balon-balon)

1. balloon (an inflatable buoyant object)
2. (figurative, obsolete) news

   Synonym: kabar

Perhaps from Javanese.

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) synonym of pelacur (“whore”)

Blend of bakal +‎ calon

balon (plural balon-balon or para balon)

1. syllabic abbreviation of bakal calon (“prospective candidate, aspirant”)

• “balon” 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.

balon m

1. balloon

Borrowed from French ballon, from Middle French ballon, from northern Italian balone, ballone.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balon m inan (diminutive balonik or balonek)

1. (aviation) balloon (inflatable and buoyant object)
2. balloon (child's toy)
3. hot-air balloon (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
4. balloon (type of glass cup)
5. (colloquial, humorous) female breast

   Synonym: melon

• balon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French ballon.

balon n (plural baloane)

1. balloon (child’s toy)
2. balloon; hot air balloon
3. (sports) ball

• IPA^(key): /bǎloːn/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lon

bàlōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ло̄н)

1. balloon

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlon/ [bɐˈlon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (water) well
2. excavation; deep digging; hole

   Synonym: hukay

• bal-on — dialectal, Southern Tagalog

Borrowed from Spanish balón.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈlon/ [bɐˈlon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. balloon

   Synonym: lobo

2. ream (of paper)

   Synonym: resma

3. bale (of paper)

   Synonym: paldo

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbalon/ [ˈbaː.lon̪]
• Rhymes: -alon
• Syllabification: ba‧lon

balon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of mixing steel with iron

• “balon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “balon”, 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^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 106: “Batir) Balon (pp) hierro y [açero] todo junto”
  • page 357: “Hoyo) Balon (pc) pa.u cojer carabaos [y otros] animales”
  • page 487: “Poço) Balon (pc) tenga agua o no”

• labon

From Ottoman Turkish بالون (balon), from French ballon.

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɫɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

balon (definite accusative balonu, plural balonlar)

1. balloon