calon

Indonesian

Noun

calon (plural calon-calon, first-person possessive calonku, second-person possessive calonmu, third-person possessive calonnya)

  1. candidate (person running in an election)


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Malay

Noun

calon (plural calon-calon, informal first-person possessive calonku, informal second-person possessive calonmu, third-person possessive calonnya)

  1. candidate

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh callon, from Proto-Brythonic *kalon, from Proto-Celtic *kalonā (“heart”). Cognate with Breton kalon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkalɔn/
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Noun

calon f (plural calonnau or calonnoedd)

  1. (anatomy) heart; bosom, breast
    1. womb, matrix, belly; entrails
    2. center, heart of timber, pith, core, inner or hidden part, essence
  2. (figuratively) seat of feeling, affection, will, and intellect; one's inmost being, the soul, the spirit; true emotion, mind, thought, intent, secret, etc.
    1. courage, spirit, manliness, confidence
    2. heart or fertility (of land)

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
calon galon nghalon chalon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “calon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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