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
   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

• 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

    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

• IPA^(key): /tuˈʔon/, [tʊˈʔon]
• 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

• 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