roon

See also: ro-on

English

Etymology

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Adjective

roon (comparative more roon, superlative most roon)

  1. (obsolete) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) red

Preposition

roon

  1. Pronunciation spelling of round.
    • 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “roon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [rɔːn]

Noun

roon

  1. leaf

References

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rún.

Noun

roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

  1. rune

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /run/

Adjective

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Preposition

roon

  1. Alternative form of roond

Adverb

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Noun

roon (plural roons)

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

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of roond

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ro‧on
  • IPA(key): /ɾoˈʔon/, [ɾoˈʔon]

Adverb

roón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

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

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

See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari† nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari† dini/dine nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener* ito nito dito nandito, narito, naito** heto, eto, ayto† ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener iyan, yaan niyan diyan/diyaan nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡ hayan, ayan ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote iyon, yoon, yaon† niyon, noon, niyaon† doon nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡ hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else.
**These pronouns are used in some dialects.
†These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
‡Rare in text.
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