mohon

See also: mohón and Mohon

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mojón.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧hon

Noun

mohón

1. boundary stone

Verb

mohón

1. to demarcate

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mohon, from Classical Malay mohon. Related to Cebuano puhon (“soon”), Tagalog puhon (“contrition”) and Malagasy mifona (“to beg pardon, to entreat, to solicit”). Doublet of pohon.

• nasalization of pohon.
• from Javanese ꦩꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀, ꦩꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (muhun, muwun, “to cry”) (compare ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀, ꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyuwun, suwun, “to ask”)), from Old Javanese amuhun (“to beg, beg leave”), suhun (“to ask respectfully”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuun (“to desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmohon/ [ˈmo.hɔn]
• Rhymes: -ohon
• Syllabification: mo‧hon

Verb

mohon (active memohon, passive dimohon)

1. to ask, to request

   Synonym: minta

2. to implore, to beseech, to beg

Adverb

mohon

1. please, used to make a polite request

   Mohon makanannya diambil di teras sekolah.

   Please take the food from the school terrace.

Interjection

mohon

1. please

Derived terms

• bermohon
• memohonkan
• pemohon
• permohonan
• termohon

• mohon diri

Further reading

• “mohon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• muhon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mojón. Doublet of muson, an early borrowing from Early Modern Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈhon/ [moˈhon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mo‧hon

Noun

mohón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. boundary stone, marker or landmark

   Synonym: muson

Further reading

• “mohon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018