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

Derived terms

• magtuon
• manuon
• motuon
• pagtuon
• tun-an

Descendants

• → English: tuhon

Anagrams

• tuno

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronoun

tuon

1. genitive/accusative singular of tuo

   Voisitko tehdä tuon?

   Could you please do that?

   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

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• tûn, tôn, duon, dûn, dôn, tœn, tain, tuogen, tuomen, thoenen

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈtuo̯n/

Verb

tuon (irregular, third-person singular present tuot, past tense tëte, past participle getān, past subjunctive tæte, auxiliary hān)

1. to do
2. to make

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuon (irregular, auxiliary hān)

infinitive		tuon
genitive gerund		tuonnes tuones
dative gerund		tuonne tuone
present participle		tuonde
past participle		getān
auxiliary		hān
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich tuon	wir tuon	i	ich tuo	wir tuon
	du tuost	ir tuot		du tuost	ir tuot
	ër tuot	sie tuont		ër tuo	sie tuon
preterite	ich tëte	wir tāten	ii	ich tæte	wir tæten
	du tæte	ir tātet		du tætest	ir tætet
	ër tëte	sie tāten		ër tæte	sie tæten
imperative	tuo (du)	tuot (ir)

Composed forms of tuon (irregular, auxiliary hān)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hān getān	wir hān getān	subjunctive	ich habe getān	wir haben getān
	du hāst getān	ir hāt getān		du habest getān	ir habet getān
	ër hāt getān	sie hānt getān		ër habe getān	sie haben getān
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete getān	wir habeten getān	subjunctive	ich habete getān	wir habeten getān
	du habetest getān	ir habetet getān		du habetest getān	ir habetet getān
	ër habete getān	sie habeten getān		ër habete getān	sie habeten getān
future i
infinitive	tuon süln		subjunctive i	ich sul tuon	wir suln tuon
				du sule tuon	ir sulet tuon
				ër sul tuon	sie suln tuon
indicative	ich sol tuon	wir sulen tuon	subjunctive ii	ich sölte tuon ich sölde tuon	wir sölten tuon wir sölden tuon
	du solt tuon	ir sulet tuon		du söltest tuon du söldest tuon	ir söltet tuon ir söldet tuon
	ër sol tuon	sie sulen tuon		ër sölte tuon ër sölde tuon	sie sölten tuon sie sölden tuon
future ii
infinitive	getān hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul getān hān	wir suln getān hān
				du sule getān hān	ir sulet getān hān
				ër sul getān hān	sie suln getān hān
indicative	ich sol getān hān	wir sulen getān hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte getān hān ich sölde getān hān	wir sölten getān hān wir sölden getān hān
	du solt getān hān	ir sulet getān hān		du söltest getān hān du söldest getān hān	ir söltet getān hān ir söldet getān hān
	ër sol getān hān	sie sulen getān hān		ër sölte getān hān ër sölde getān hān	sie sölten getān hān sie sölden getān hān

Descendants

• Alemannic German: tue, due, tuä

  Swabian: dua, doa

• Bavarian: doa

  Cimbrian: tüan, tüunan (Sette Comuni)

  Northern Bavarian: [d̥o͡u]

  Viennese: tuan

• Central Franconian: donn, don (northern Moselle Franconian, some rural dialects of Ripuarian), dunn (Kölsch), dun (southern Moselle Franconian)
  • Hunsrik: dun
  • Luxembourgish: doen, dinn (alternative standard, chiefly south-western areas), dunn, dongen (now dated, dialectal)
• German: tun
• Rhine Franconian:

  Frankfurterisch: [d̥ũː]

  Pennsylvania German: duh

• Yiddish: טאָן (ton)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “tuon”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "tuon" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuon

indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	tuon	teta
2nd person singular	tuos(t)	tāti
3rd person singular	tuot	teta
1st person plural	tuom(es)	tātum
2nd person plural	tuot	tātut
3rd person plural	tuont	tātun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	tuoe, tuo	tāti
2nd person singular	tues	tātis(t)
3rd person singular	tuoe, tuo	tāti
1st person plural	tuoēn	tātīn
2nd person plural	tuot	tātīt
3rd person plural	tuoēn, tuon	tātīn
imperative
singular	tuo
plural	tuot
participle	present	past
	tuonti	gitān

Descendants

• Middle High German: tuon, tûn, tôn, duon, dûn, dôn, tœn, tain, tuogen, tuomen, thoenen
  • Alemannic German: tue, due, tuä

    Swabian: dua, doa

  • Bavarian: doa

    Cimbrian: tüan, tüunan (Sette Comuni)

    Northern Bavarian: [d̥o͡u]

    Viennese: tuan

  • Central Franconian: donn, don (northern Moselle Franconian, some rural dialects of Ripuarian), dunn (Kölsch), dun (southern Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: dun
    • Luxembourgish: doen, dinn (alternative standard, chiefly south-western areas), dunn, dongen (now dated, dialectal)
  • German: tun
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: [d̥ũː]

    Pennsylvania German: duh

  • Yiddish: טאָן (ton)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “tuon”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈʔon/ [t̪ʊˈʔon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: 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
• tumuon
• tuonan

Further reading

• “tuon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tuon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.