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English
Noun
roon (plural not attested)
- A shred or remnant (usually of cloth).
1867, Robert Burns, edited by William P. Nimmo, The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Including His Correspondence, Etc., volume 1, Edinburgh: J.R. Osgood and Company, page 89:In thae auld times, they thought the moon, just like a sark, or pair of shoon, wore by degrees, til her last roon gaed past their viewing […]
Adjective
roon (not comparable)
- Having red or vermilion color.
1885, Asahel Clark Kendrick, editor, Our Poetical Favorites: A Selection from the Best Minor Poems of the English Language, volume 1, J.R. Osgood and Company, page 300:Her face was like the lily roon.
Balantak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.
Pronunciation
Noun
roon
- leaf
References
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish rún.
Noun
roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)
- rune
Scots
Pronunciation
Adjective
roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)
- Alternative form of roond
Preposition
roon
- Alternative form of roond
1887, Henry Johnston, “Concluded”, in Martha Spreull, Being Chapters in the Life of a Single Wumman:And, when at last he put his airms roon my neck it is nae wonder I buried my face on his shouther and telt him I wud be his wife, and do a' in my power to mak' him happy.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adverb
roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)
- Alternative form of roond
Noun
roon (plural roons)
- Alternative form of roond
- A rim or border.
Verb
roon (third-person singular simple present roons, present participle roonin, simple past roont, past participle roont)
- Alternative form of roond
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Adverb
roón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)
- there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)
Usage notes
- When the preceding word does not end with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, doon is used instead.
See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
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Direct (ang)
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Indirect (ng)
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Oblique (sa)
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Locative (nasa)
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Existential
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Manner (gaya ng)
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Near speaker*
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ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**
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nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†
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dini/dine
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nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari
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ere/eri, here/heri, ayri
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ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
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Near speaker and listener*
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ito
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nito
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dito
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nandito, narito, naito**
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heto, eto, ayto†
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ganito, garito(garto)**
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Near listener
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iyan, yaan
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niyan
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diyan/diyaan
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nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡
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hayan, ayan
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ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
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Remote
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iyon, yoon, yaon†
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niyon, noon, niyaon†
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doon
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nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡
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hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun
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ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
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*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.
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