doon

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English

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Etymology 1

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See down.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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doon (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) Down.

Preposition

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doon

  1. (Geordie, Scotland) Down.
    • 2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52:
      This "impressive" 1893 James Miller railway terminus was, according to Canmore, "designed in a grand style in order to cope with the large volume of holidaymakers arriving from Glasgow to travel 'doon the water' at the height of the summer season".

Adjective

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doon (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) On a lower level than before; down.

Etymology 2

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See dun.

Noun

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doon (plural doons)

  1. Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.

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Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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doon

  1. to do

Conjugation

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Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German dôn. Compare Dutch doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to do
  2. to put
    Do dat aver dor!
    Just put it in there!
  3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
  4. (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.
    Ik dee em en Kado geven!
    I gave him a present!
  5. (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.
    So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee
    It became dark when the sun went down!

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Manx

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends).

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Verb

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doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

  1. close, shut

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold).

Noun

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doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

  1. fort, fastness
    Ta'n doon ard erskyn y valley.The fort commands the town.
  2. stronghold, bastion

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
doon ghoon noon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

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Adjective

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doon

  1. done

Scots

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Etymology

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From Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from of dūne (off the hill).

Adverb

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doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)

  1. down
    • 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs[1]:
      / Maxwelton braes are bonnie, / Where early fa's the dew, / And its there that Annie Laurie, / Gie'd me her promise true / Gie'd me her promise true, / Which ne'er forgot shall be, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Preposition

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doon

  1. down

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Somali

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Verb

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doon

  1. want, hope, aspire
    shaqo orod doonto aspire to work

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The latter half of the word is possibly related to iyon or yaon. See also niyon/noon, ganoon/gayon, dito, diyan, niyan, nito, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

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Adverb

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doón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

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

Usage notes

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  • When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, roon is used instead, but the distinction isn't always made. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, diyan, daw, and din.

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