mayroon
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- maydoon — obsolete
- mayron, mayro'n
- mayruon
- meron — informal
- mer-on, mir-on — dialectal, Batangas, western Marinduque
- meyroon — obsolete
Etymology
From univerbation of may (“be; have”) + roon (“there”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /majɾoˈʔon/ [maɪ̯.ɾoˈʔon̪], (relaxed) /majˈɾon/ [maɪ̯ˈɾon̪], (colloquial) /ˈmeɾon/ [ˈmɛː.ɾon̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: may‧ro‧on, may‧roon
Verb
mayroón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)
Adjective
mayroón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)
- has; possessed; owned
- Synonym: taglay
- (colloquial) undergoing menstruation (of a woman)
- (colloquial) rich; affluent; well-to-do
- Synonym: maykaya
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mayroon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “mayroon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 705