H3885 לוּן lûwn → Root
4 languagesRoot of the לון family (5 members).
To lodge, spend the night, or remain temporarily in a place; by extension, to stay, abide, dwell, or continue in a given state or location, sometimes with an emphasis on temporary or overnight residence. In some contexts, especially in Piel or intensive forms, it carries the sense of persisting in speech, often with the nuance of complaining or murmuring. The primary sense remains focused on pausing, halting one’s journey, or residing overnight.
Etymology
Root לון (l-w-n), primarily meaning 'to spend the night' or 'to lodge.' The root sense is that of halting or stopping one's journey, usually for the night, and sometimes extends semantically to the sense of abiding or remaining. The connection to murmuring or complaining in certain verb forms (especially intensive stems) likely develops metaphorically from the notion of 'dwelling' or persisting in speech or attitude.
| Language | Word | Meaning | Segmentation | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bemba | lona | to sleep, to spend the night | lona | |
| Chilubà (Luba-Kasaï) | kolóna | to pass the night, to sleep over | -lona | |
| Lala | lona | to sleep over, to stay the night | -lona | |
| Lamba | lona | to spend the night, sleep over (at a place) | -lona |