mohon

See also: mohón and Mohon

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mojón.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo‧hon

Noun

mohón

1. boundary stone

Verb

mohón

1. to demarcate

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mohon, from Classical Malay mohon. Related to Cebuano puhon (“soon”), Tagalog puhon (“contrition”) and Malagasy mifona (“to beg pardon, to entreat, to solicit”). Doublet of pohon.

• nasalization of pohon.
• from Javanese ꦩꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀, ꦩꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (muhun, muwun, “to cry”) (compare ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀, ꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyuwun, suwun, “to ask”)), from Old Javanese amuhun (“to beg, beg leave”), suhun (“to ask respectfully”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuun (“to desire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔ.hɔn]
• Hyphenation: mo‧hon

Verb

mohon

1. to ask, to request
2. to implore, to beseech

Conjugation

Conjugation of mohon (meng-, intransitive)

root	mohon
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	memohon	termohon	dimohon	mohon	mohonlah
locative	memohoni	termohoni	dimohoni	mohoni	mohonilah
causative / applicative1	memohonkan	termohonkan	dimohonkan	mohonkan	mohonkanlah
	causative
active	mempermohon	terpermohon	dipermohon	permohon	permohonlah
locative	mempermohoni	terpermohoni	dipermohoni	permohoni	permohonilah
causative / applicative1	mempermohonkan	terpermohonkan	dipermohonkan	permohonkan	permohonkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Conjugation of mohon (ber-, intransitive)

root	mohon
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	bermohon	termohon	dimohon	mohon	mohonlah
locative	–	–	–	–	–
causative / applicative1	memohonkan	termohonkan	dimohonkan	mohonkan	mohonkanlah
	causative
active	–	–	–	–	–
locative	–	–	–	–	–
causative / applicative1	mempermohonkan	terpermohonkan	dipermohonkan	permohonkan	permohonkanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• bermohon
• memohon
• memohonkan
• pemohon
• permohonan

Further reading

• “mohon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• muhon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mojón. Doublet of muson, an early borrowing from Early Modern Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈhon/ [moˈhon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mo‧hon

Noun

mohón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. boundary stone, marker or landmark

   Synonym: muson

Further reading

• “mohon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018