niyon

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Tagalog[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to ng/ni and iyon/yaon. See also nito, niyan, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ni‧yon
  • IPA(key): /niˈon/, [ˈɲon]
  • IPA(key): /ˈnjon/, [ˈɲon] (relaxed)

Pronoun[edit]

niyón (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. of that; that over there; yonder (far from both the speaker and the listener)
    Synonym: noon

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Further reading[edit]

  • niyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018