roon

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English

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Noun

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roon (plural not attested)

  1. 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.[1], 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

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roon (not comparable)

  1. Having red or vermilion color.
    • 1885, Asahel Clark Kendrick, editor, Our Poetical Favorites: A Selection from the Best Minor Poems of the English Language[2], volume 1, J.R. Osgood and Company, page 300:
      Her face was like the lily roon.

Balantak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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roon

  1. leaf

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish rún.

Noun

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roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

  1. rune

Scots

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Adjective

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roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Preposition

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roon

  1. 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

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roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Noun

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roon (plural roons)

  1. Alternative form of roond
  2. A rim or border.

Verb

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roon (third-person singular simple present roons, present participle roonin, simple past roont, past participle roont)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Tagalog

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Adverb

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roón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

  1. there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)

Usage notes

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  • When the preceding word does not end with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, doon is used instead.

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