tuon

See also: tuôn

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈʔon/ [t̪ʊˈʔon̪]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧on

Verb

tuón (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

  1. to study
  2. to learn
    Synonyms: hibalo, tagam, kat-on

Derived terms

  • magtuon
  • manuon
  • motuon
  • pagtuon
  • tun-an

Descendants

  • English: tuhon

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronoun

tuon

  1. genitive/accusative singular of tuo
    Voisitko tehdä tuon?
    Could you please do that?
    Tuon koulun rehtori on kuulemma aika ankara.
    The rector of that school is said to be quite strict.
Alternative forms
  • ton (dialectal, colloquial)

Etymology 2

Verb

tuon

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tuoda
    (Minä) tuon sinulle kynän.
    I bring you a pen.

Anagrams

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtʊɔ̯n/

    Verb

    tuon (irregular, third-person singular present tuot, past tense tëte, past participle getān, past subjunctive tæte, auxiliary hān)

    1. to do
    2. to make

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “tuon”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "tuon" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

    Old High German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, akin to Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon, Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā, Old English dōn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

      Verb

      tuon

      1. to do
      2. to make

      Conjugation

      This verb needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

      References

      Tagalog

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈʔon/ [t̪ʊˈʔon̪]
      • Rhymes: -on
      • Syllabification: tu‧on

      Noun

      tuón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

      1. act of pressing lightly the point or end of something against the surface of another
        Synonym: pagtutuon
      2. light pressure of a point or end of something against the surface of another
      3. condition of being pressed lightly on something
        Synonyms: diit, pagdiit, pagkapadiit
      4. act of conspiring with each other or with one another
        Synonyms: pagtutuon, sabuwatan, pagsasabuwatan
      5. (figurative) act of focusing one's attention on something

      Derived terms

      • katuon
      • magkatuon
      • pagtuon
      • pagtuonan
      • pagtutuon
      • tumuon
      • tuonan

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