tuon

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See also: tuôn

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈʔon/,
  • Hyphenation: tu‧on

Verb

tuón (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

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

Quotations

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: tuhon

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronoun

tuon

  1. genitive/accusative singular of tuo
    1. (accusative) that (over there) (direct object, when the speaker points at the thing):
      Voisitko tehdä tuon?
      Could you please do that?
    2. (genitive) of that (when the speaker points at the thing):
      Tuon koulun rehtori on kuulemma aika ankara.
      The rector of that school is said to be quite strict.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Verb

tuon

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

Anagrams

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

Descendants

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈʔon/,
  • Hyphenation: 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

Further reading

  • “tuon” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “tuon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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