baon

English

Etymology

From Tagalog baon.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ.ʔon/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

baon (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Bona, bona, Bano, AONB, oban, Oban, Abon

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ón
• IPA^(key): /baˈun/, [bɐˈon]

Noun

baón

1. envoy
2. messenger

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of batalion. First attested in 1921.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧on

Noun

baon m inan

1. battalion (military unit)

   Synonym: batalion

Declension

Declension of baon

	singular	plural
nominative	baon	baony
genitive	baonu	baonów
dative	baonowi	baonom
accusative	baon	baony
instrumental	baonem	baonami
locative	baonie	baonach
vocative	baonie	baony

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balun (cf. Hanunoo balon, Cebuano balon, Ilocano balon).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔon/ [ˈbaː.ʔon̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔon
• Syllabification: ba‧on

Noun

baon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜈ᜔)

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

Alternative forms

• bauon — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bawon — now dialectal, Rizal, uncommon

Derived terms

• baunan
• baunin
• ipabaon
• magbaon
• pabaon
• pabaunan
• pagbabaon

 

Descendants

• → English: baon

See also

• binalot
• bugong
• maluto

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈʔon/ [bɐˈʔon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧on

Adjective

baón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜈ᜔)

1. buried

   Synonym: nakabaon

2. sunk; stuck into something (of a knife, sword, spear, or the like)
3. (figurative) deeply involved

   Synonyms: lubog, nakalubog, talamak, pusakal

4. (figurative) addicted; abandoned (to vice, such as drugs, alcohol, etc.)

   Synonym: lublob

Noun

baón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜈ᜔)

1. burying; internment

   Synonyms: libing, paglilibing

2. sinking; penetration (of a knife, sword, spear, or the like)
3. deep involvement (in vice, etc.)

Derived terms

• baon sa utang
• baunan
• bumaon
• ibaon
• mabaon
• magbaon
• pabaunin
• pagbabaon
• pinagbaunan

 

Further reading

• “baon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balun₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• abno, bano

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

baon f

1. railway, railroad (transport system)

Volapük

Noun

baon (nominative plural baons)

1. nobility (of birth)
2. baron's status