bolon

See also: Bolon

English

Etymology

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Noun

bolon (plural bolons)

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

Numeral

bolon

nine

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ.lɔ̃/
Homophone: bolons

Etymology 1

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Noun

bolon m (plural bolons)

bolon (traditional harp)

Etymology 2

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Noun

bolon m (uncountable)

Bolon (language)

Occitan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [buˈlu]
(Provençal) IPA^(key): [buˈlũᵑ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

bolon m (plural bolons)

bolt

Derived terms

bolonar

Spanish

Noun

bolon m (plural bólones)

bolon (traditional harp)

Toba Batak

Adjective

bolon

big
great

Yucatec Maya

**Yucatec Maya cardinal numbers**
< 8₂₀	9₂₀	A₂₀ >
Cardinal : bolon

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *bʼeleng.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɓolon]

Numeral

bolon

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