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Angkola Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Baba Malay
Etymology
From Malay tahun .
Noun
taon
year
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: ta‧on
IPA (key ) : /taˈʔon/
Noun
tàon
year
Synonym: anyos
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology 1
Verb
taon
first-person singular present indicative of takoa
Etymology 2
Noun
taon
genitive singular of tao
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French täun , tahon , toon , from Vulgar Latin *tabōnem , from Latin tabānus ( “ gadfly, horsefly ” ) . Compare Norman taon , Franco-Provençal tôna , Romanian tăun .
Pronunciation
Noun
taon m (plural taons )
horsefly , gadfly
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Kagayanen
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Madurese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Mag-Anchi Ayta
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Mandailing Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Norman
Etymology
From Old French täun , tahon , toon , from Vulgar Latin *tabōnem , accusative of *tabō , from Latin tabānus ( “ gadfly, horsefly ” ) .
Noun
taon m (plural taons )
( Jersey ) horsefly
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: ta‧on
IPA (key ) : /taˈon/ ,
Noun
taón
year
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈta.ɔn/
Rhymes: -aɔn
Syllabification: ta‧on
Noun
taon m inan
( particle physics ) tauon
Declension
Further reading
taon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sambali
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taón
year
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun . Compare Ilocano tawen , Agutaynen takon , Maranao tahon / ta'on , Tausug tahun , Malay tahun , Malagasy taona , Maori tau , and Hawaiian kau ( “ season ” ) . See also Proto-Austronesian *CawiN ( “ year ” ) .
Noun
taón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜈ᜔ )
year
Synonym: anyo
chance happening ; coincidence ( especially in mataon and kataon )
Synonym: koinsidensiya
act of doing something to coincide with another
Synonyms: pagtataon , tiyap
( obsolete ) act of being a go-between for admitting guests in one's house
( obsolete ) catching in the act
( obsolete ) encounter of two people at some place ( especially by chance )
Synonyms: salubong , tiyap
Dili kita nagtaon niyong kamakailan. The two of us did not come across each other recently.
( obsolete ) finding someone being looked for by chance
Saan mo nataunan siya? Nataunan ko sa bahay niya. Where did you happen to find him? I found him at his home.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium . Particularly: “No etymology found so far. Perhaps a euphemistic semantic shift from Etymology 1, from "chance happening" > "convulsion"?”
Noun
taón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜈ᜔ ) ( pathology )
(attack of) convulsion ( especially in children and infants )
Synonyms: taol , kombulsiyon , pangingisay , pagkisay
infantile beriberi
Further reading
“taon ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613 ) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero , La Noble Villa de Pila
page 11: “Abuentiempo) Taon (pc) ir o venir o haçer qual quier coſa”
page 42: “Alcaguetear) Taon (pc) admitiendo los en ſu caſa”
page 59: “Año) Taon (pc) ſolar de doçe meſes”
page 165: “Cojer) Taon (pc) a alguno en algun delicto”
page 277: “Encontrarſe) Taon (pc) dos en un algun lugar”
page 343: “Hallar) Taon (pc) alque buſcaba”
page 377: “Iuntarſe) Taon (pc) aun tiempo dos ”
page 579: “Toparſe) Taon (pc) en un miſmo pueſto”
page 598: “Verſe) Taon (pc) dos en alguna parte yendo a eſo, o acaſo”
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqun ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Totoli
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun .
Noun
taon
year
Waray-Waray
Noun
taon
bet ; stake ; wager