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

• kagayonan
• magayon
• maggayon
• pagayon

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧yon
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈjon/ [ɡɐˈjon̪]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈd͡ʒon/ [ɡɐˈd͡ʒon̪]

Verb

gayón (Badlit spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms

• higayon
• kagayon

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gay-on — dialectal, Batangas
• gayaon — obsolete

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈjon/ [ɡɐˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: 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.

• ngayon

Adjective

gayón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (chiefly formal) such; aforementioned

   Synonym: ganoon

Further reading

• “gayon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier