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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mojón.
Pronunciation
Noun
mohón
- boundary stone
Verb
mohón
- to demarcate
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay mohon, from Classical Malay mohon. Related to Cebuano puhon (“soon”), Tagalog puhon (“contrition”) and Malagasy mifona (“to beg pardon, to entreat, to solicit”). Doublet of pohon.
- nasalization of pohon.
- from Javanese ꦩꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀, ꦩꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (muhun, muwun, “to cry”) (compare ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀, ꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyuwun, suwun, “to ask”)), from Old Javanese amuhun (“to beg, beg leave”), suhun (“to ask respectfully”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuun (“to desire”).
Pronunciation
Verb
mohon (active memohon, passive dimohon)
- to ask, to request
- Synonym: minta
- to implore, to beseech, to beg
Adverb
mohon
- please, used to make a polite request
Mohon makanannya diambil di teras sekolah.- Please take the food from the school terrace.
Interjection
mohon
- please
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mojón. Doublet of muson, an early borrowing from Early Modern Spanish.
Pronunciation
Noun
mohón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜑᜓᜈ᜔)
- boundary stone, marker or landmark
- Synonym: muson
Further reading
- “mohon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018