See also: ro-on

Balantak edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

roon

  1. leaf

References edit

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish rún.

Noun edit

roon m (genitive singular roon, plural roonyn)

  1. rune

Scots edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Preposition edit

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 edit

roon (comparative rooner, superlative roonest)

  1. Alternative form of roond

Noun edit

roon (plural roons)

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

Verb edit

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

  1. Alternative form of roond

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Adverb edit

roón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

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

Usage notes edit

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

See also edit