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doon

doon

See also: do-on

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːn/

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

  1. (Geordie) Down.

Preposition

doon

  1. (Geordie) Down.

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.

    Limburgish

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Compare Dutch doen, Low German doon, German tun.

    Noun

    doon n

    1. doing
    2. behaviour

    Verb

    doon

    1. to do

    Conjugation

    Derived terms


    Low German

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German dôn, from Old Saxon dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Compare Dutch doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

    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


    Manx

    Etymology

    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

    Preposition

    doon

    1. down

    Somali

    Verb

    doon

    1. want, hope, aspire
      shaqo orod doon. - go aspire to work

    Tagalog

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    doon

    1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)