doon

See also: do-on and Doon

English

Etymology 1

See down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) Down.

Preposition

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

doon (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

See dun.

Noun

doon (plural doons)

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

Anagrams

• Ondo, dono

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• doen (some dialects, Maastrichtian)
• doeë (Southeast Limburgish, Voeren)
• doëne, doë (Eupen)
• duon (Krefeld)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːn/
• Hyphenation: doon
• Rhymes: -oːn

Verb

doon

1. to do

Conjugation

Montfortian conjugation of doon (irregular)

non-finite forms	infinitive	gerund	present participle	past participle	adjective	adverb
	(tö) doon	't doon n	donendje	höbbe gedaon	gedaon, gedaone, gedaoner, gedaones	gedäöndjelik
number & tense	verb-second order			verb-first order
	present	past	subjunctive	present	past	subjunctive
first person singular	doon	di-j	daon	doon	di-j	daon
second person singular	deis	di-js	daons	deis	di-js	daons
third person singular	deitj	di-j	daontj	deitj'r	di-j	daontj'r
first person plural	doon	di-jje	daone	doontj	di-jtj	daontj
second person plural	doontj	di-j	daontj	doontj	di-j, di-jtj	daontj
third person plural	doon	di-jje	daone	doon	di-jje	daone
other forms	noun	imperative singular impolite	imperative singular polite	imperative dual	imperative plural	inclusive
	't gedoons n	dooch!	dootj!	doon!	doontj!	daonem

Derived terms

• euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
• euverdoonder

Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doʊ̯n/

Verb

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!

Conjugation

Conjugation of doon (irregular verb)

infinitive	doon
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	do	dee
2nd person singular	deist	deest
3rd person singular	deit	dee
plural	doot	deen
imperative	present	—
singular	do
plural	doot
participle	present	past
	doon	daan
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːn/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• dooin

Verb

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

1. close, shut

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

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

Adjective

doon

1. done

Scots

Etymology

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

Adverb

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

doon

1. down

Derived terms

• adoon
• doon the stair

Somali

Verb

doon

1. want, hope, aspire

   shaqo orod doon ― to aspire to work

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• roon
• do'n
• ro'n

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈʔon/, [doˈʔon]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon/, [ˈdon] (colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdun/, [ˈdun] (colloquial)
• Hyphenation: do‧on

Adverb

doón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

• bukad sa roon
• dumoon
• kinaroroonan
• magkaroon
• mayroon
• nandoon
• naroon
• naroroon
• pagkakaroon
• pagparoon
• paroo't-parito
• paroonan
• paroroon
• pumaroon
• tagaroon

 

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.