aduna

• duna — clipping
• ad-on — dialectal
• adunay, dunay — with indefinite subject

Dialectal ad-on points to an original *adaʔún, wherein the middle vowel was elided regularly before a stressed syllable; the first element could be compared with Ilocano adda (“to have”), Malay ada (“to be, have”) and their cognate Cebuano word wala (“there is not”); suffixed with -on. The final "-a" is a common feature among the existential verbs adia, ania, anaa, atua.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈduna/ [ʔɐˈd̪u.n̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧du‧na

aduna (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜈ)

1. existential verb: there be; there is

   Synonyms: anaa, may, adia, ania, atua

   Antonym: wala

   adunay bulawan sa ungib

   there is gold in the cave

   aduna ang dagkong mga pating sa dagat

   the big sharks are in the sea

2. indicates possession: to have

   adunay sakyanan si Maria

   Maria has a personal vehicle

• If the subject is indefinite, the indefinite marker -y is suffixed; otherwise, the bare form is used.

  adunay lalaki ― a man is present (indefinite subject)

  aduna ang lalaki ― the man is present (definite subject)

• In colloquial language, anaa (naa) has met more frequent usage than aduna to mean "there is; to have"

• IPA^(key): /aˈdu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: a‧dù‧na

aduna

1. inflection of adunare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

adūnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of adūnō

aduna

1. inflection of adunar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Inherited from Latin adūnāre.

• IPA^(key): /a.duˈna/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧du‧na

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a aduna (third-person singular present adună, past participle adunat, third-person subjunctive adune) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to gather, to collect
2. (reflexive) bring together, to assemble

• adunare
• adunător
• adunătură

• culege
• strânge

aduna

1. inflection of adunar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative