ayuno

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See also: ayunó

Asturian

Verb

ayuno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ayunar

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ayuno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈjuno/
  • Hyphenation: a‧yu‧no

Noun

ayúno (Basahan spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜈᜓ)

  1. fasting

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝuno/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃuno/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒuno/

  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Syllabification: a‧yu‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ayuno, from a Vulgar Latin *aiūnus < *iaiūnus, jajūnus, from Latin iēiūnus, from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”).

Adjective

ayuno (feminine ayuna, masculine plural ayunos, feminine plural ayunas)

  1. fasting (not having eaten)
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 1:
      La causa por que el Alicanto no puede volar, no reside en sus alas, que son perfectamente normales, sino en su buche, por la pesadez de los alimentos que ingiere. Cuando está ayuno, corre con mucha ligereza; después de harto, se mueve muy lentamente.
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Etymology 2

From the above, or from Latin ieiūnium (through a similar Vulgar Latin intermediate). Doublet of the borrowed yeyuno.

Noun

ayuno m (plural ayunos)

  1. fast (time without eating)

Etymology 3

Verb

ayuno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ayunar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ayuno, from a Vulgar Latin *aiūnus < *iaiūnus, jajūnus, from Latin iēiūnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ayuno (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜓᜈᜓ)

  1. fasting (abstinence from food)
    • 1988, “Pagmamasid sa Daigdig”, in Gumising!‎, archived from the original on 12 September 2020:
      Natutuklasan ng mga pamilyang Aleman ang mga pakinabang ng tinatawag na ayuno sa panonood ng TV.
      German families are discovering the advantages of so-called TV-fasting.
    • 1999, 中英韓菲對照論語‎, 溫哥華孔學出版社, page 7:
      Ang ayuno ay nagsisimula sa pagligo , pagsuot ng simpleng damit , pagkain ng gulay at pagpasok sa tanging silid para sa ayuno, at pagpapagaling sa pagkakasakit.
      Fasting starts on bathing, wearing simple clothes, eating vegetables and entering one's own room for fasting, and healing sickness.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ayuno”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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