gayon

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈjon/, [ɡaˈjon̪]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧yon

Noun

gayón (Basahan spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. beauty; splendor
    Synonym: dahom
    Antonym: kanos

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Verb

gayón (Badlit spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. to make time; to reserve a period of time to do something

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From variant gay-on, syncopic form of obsolete variant gayaon, from ga- +‎ yaon. Compare ganoon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈjon/, [ɡɐˈjon]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧yon

Adverb

gayón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. (chiefly formal) like that; in that particular manner (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)
    Synonyms: ganoon, gaya noon, katulad noon

Derived terms
  • gayon na lamang
  • gayundin
  • gayunman
  • magkagayon
  • mapagayon
  • pagkagayon
  • pagkakagayon
  • sa gayon

See also
Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari† dini/dine nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener* ito nito dito nandito, narito, naito** heto, eto, ayto† ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener iyan, yaan niyan diyan/diyaan nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡ hayan, ayan ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote iyon, yoon, yaon† niyon, noon, niyaon† doon nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡ hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else.
**These pronouns are used in some dialects.
†These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
‡Rare in text.

Adjective

gayón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. (chiefly formal) such; aforementioned
    Synonym: ganoon

Further reading
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