balon

• bawon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Central Bikol 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
   • 2019 April 13, Miramon, Apronianito Ferrarer, “Batch 1990”, in SuperBalita Cebu:

     Unya daw sa adunay ‘time machine’ ang akong hunahuna nga mibalik pagligid ngadto sa panahon sa among kabatan-on. Hupong kami kaniadto sa lingaw ug kalipay, labi na kon kompleto nga magkakuyog ang among 'batch’ nga glangkuban ug duha ka ‘section’ nga mao ang Section Del Pilar ug Section Rizal. Wala namo igsapayan nga busluton usahay ang among tsinelas nga gisul-ob ug pinutos sa dahon sa saging ang kan-on nga among gibalon alang sa paniudto. Basta magkakuyog kaming tanan daw sa kompleto na ang among adlaw. Ingon ana mi kasuod kaniadto.ord’ sa akong selpon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to learn a lesson or heed an advice before or during a journey

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

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. Central Bikol 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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

balon m

1. balloon

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.lon]

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balon (epenthetic form balono)

1. cloth, fabric

• Perangin Angin, Dalan Mehuli (2023), Kamus Pagu-Indonesia-Inggris, Jakarta: Penerbit BRIN

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

   Synonym: bubon

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, 2025
• “balon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • 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:

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balon (definite accusative balonu, plural balonlar)

1. balloon