# doon
## English
### Etymology 1

See down.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duːn/
* Rhymes: -uːn

#### Adverb

doon (not comparable)
* (Geordie) Down.

#### Preposition

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

### Etymology 2

See dun.

#### Noun

doon (plural doons)
* 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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːn/
* Hyphenation: doon
* Rhymes: -oːn

### Verb

doon
* to do

#### 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: /doʊ̯n/

### Verb

doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)
* to do
* to put
    Do dat aver dor!Just put it in there!
* (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
* (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!
* (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.
    So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn deeIt became dark when the sun went down!

#### Conjugation

Note: This conjugation is one of many. Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

## Manx
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* close, shut

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)
* fort, fastness
    Ta'n doon ard erskyn y valley. ― The fort commands the town.
* stronghold, bastion

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Middle English
### Adjective

doon
* 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)
* down
** 1852-1859, Lady John Scott (lyrics and music), “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs‎:/ 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
* down

#### Derived terms

* adoon
* doon the stair

## Somali
### Verb

doon
* want, hope, aspire
    shaqo orod doon ― to aspire to work

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* do'n, don, dun
* roon, ruon
* ro'n, ron, run

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /doˈʔon/ [d̪oˈʔon̪], (colloquial) /ˈdon/ [ˈd̪on̪]
** Rhymes: -on
** Syllabification: do‧on, doon
* (dialectal, Batangas, alternative) IPA: /ˈdoʔon/ [ˈd̪oː.ʔon̪]
** Rhymes: -oʔon
** Syllabification: do‧on

### Adverb

doón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)
* 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

| | 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. |||||||

### Anagrams

* nood