roon

See also: ro-on

English

Adjective

roon (comparative more roon, superlative most roon)

  1. (obsolete) red
    • J. R. Drake
      Her face was like the lily roon.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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

  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, yari** nire/niri, niyari** dine/dini nandine ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganire/ganiri, gayari
Near speaker and listener ito nito dito, rito nandito, narito heto, eto, ayto** ganito
Near listener iyan niyan diyan, riyan nandiyan, nariyan hayan, ayan ganiyan/ganyan
Remote iyon, yaon** niyon, noon, niyaon** doon, roon nandoon, naroon hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, garoon, gayon**
*This series, for the most part, is not used anymore by most Tagalog speakers. Instead, the pronoun in the second row are used.
**These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
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