tuon

See also: tuôn

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈʔon/ [t̪ʊˈʔon̪]
• Hyphenation: tu‧on

Verb

tuón (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

1. to study
2. to learn

   Synonyms: hibalo, tagam, kat-on

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuon.

Derived terms

• magtuon
• manuon
• motuon
• pagtuon
• tun-an

 

Descendants

• → English: tuhon

Anagrams

• tuno

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronoun

tuon

1. genitive/accusative singular of tuo

   Voisitko tehdä tuon?

   Could you please do that?

   Tuon koulun rehtori on kuulemma aika ankara.

   The rector of that school is said to be quite strict.

Alternative forms

• ton (dialectal, colloquial)

Etymology 2

Verb

tuon

1. first-person singular present indicative of tuoda

   (Minä) tuon sinulle kynän.

   I bring you a pen.

Anagrams

• Unto, nuot

Old High German

Alternative forms

• duon, duan

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

• Middle High German: tuon
  • Alemannic German: tue, due, tuä

    Swabian: dua, doa

  • Bavarian: doa

    Cimbrian: tüan, tüunan (Sette Comuni)

    Northern Bavarian: [d̥o͡u]

    Viennese: tuan

  • Central Franconian: donn, don, dun

    Hunsrik: dun

    Kölsch: dunn

    Luxembourgish: doen, dinn, dunn

  • German: tun
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: [d̥ũː]

    Pennsylvania German: duh

  • Yiddish: טאָן (ton)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈʔon/ [t̪ʊˈʔon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: 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

• katuon
• magkatuon
• pagtuon
• pagtuonan
• pagtutuon
• pagtutuon
• tumuon
• tuonan

 

Further reading

• “tuon” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tuon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018