duon

duon

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /duʌn˧/
  • (Lianghe) [tun³¹]
  • (Longchuan) [tun³¹]
  • (Luxi) [tun⁵¹]
  • (Xiandao) [tun³¹]

Verb

duon

  1. to push
    Antonym: lang

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 28

Central Bikol

Etymology

Compare Tagalog diin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduʔon/ [ˈd̪u.ʔon̪]
  • Hyphenation: du‧on

Noun

dúon (Basahan spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

  1. pressure with one's finger(s)

Derived terms

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduon/
  • Rhymes: -uon
  • Syllabification: du‧on

Noun

duon

  1. accusative singular of duo

Finnish

Noun

duon

  1. genitive singular of duo

Istriot

Noun

duon

  1. woman
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,
      That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

Northern Sami

Determiner

duon

  1. accusative/genitive singular of duot

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognates include Old High German tuon, Old English dōn and Old Frisian dwā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duo̯n/

Verb

duon

  1. to do, to act
    Synonym: giduon
    • c. 1100 CE, Leiden Willeram:
      also deda unser drohtin
      So did our Lord.
    • c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:
      petrus ande paulus baden. that se so ne deden
      (Saint) Peter and (Saint) Paul asked if they wouldn't act like that.
  2. to treat [+ accusative]
    • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:
      cumit gehorit in tellon sal ic alla thia forhtit gode huo deda sela mina
      Come, listen, and I will tell all that fear God, how he treated my soul. (Psalms 66:16)
  3. refers back to an earlier verb
    • c. 1100 CE, Leiden Willeram:
      hiz neuerid nu so niet, so hiz eer deda
      It doesn't happen now as it did before.
  4. (auxiliary) to make, to let, forms causative verbs
    • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:
      gehirmon duon uuir alla dag firlica godis fan erthon
      We make all God's holidays vanish of the earth.
  5. to bring (to)
    • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:
      huo gedana uurthun an te stornussi
      How were they brought to destruction?
  6. to come (to one's end)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • anaduon (to clothe)
  • antduon (to open)
  • *farduon (to destroy)
  • giduon (to do)
  • weladuon (to do good)

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: doen
    • Dutch: doen
      • Afrikaans: doen
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: dun
      • Jersey Dutch: dûn, dûne
      • Negerhollands: doe, du, due
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: doon
      • ? Aukan: du
    • Limburgish: doon

Further reading

  • duon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Noun

duon

  1. definite singular of duo

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

duon pl

  1. plural of du

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • duasom (literary first person plural)
  • duasant (literary third person plural)

Verb

duon

  1. (colloquial) first/third-person plural preterite of duo

Mutation

Mutated forms of duon
radical soft nasal aspirate
duon dduon nuon unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.