tayon

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tayun (“swing”). Compare Iban tayun-tayun (“swinging”). Doublet of tayong. See also Cebuano hayon and Malay ayun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtajon/ [ˈt̪aː.jon̪]
• Rhymes: -ajon
• Syllabification: ta‧yon

Noun

tayon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. pendulous-like swinging movement of something long and slender
2. (figurative) Alternative form of tayong
3. (obsolete) rocking a child in the cradle

   Synonyms: tabyong, (obsolete) gubing

Derived terms

• balik-tayon
• itayon
• magtayon
• matayon
• pagtayon
• patayon-tayon
• patayunin
• tayunan
• tumayon

 

See also

• imbayog
• indayon
• lambitin
• osilasyon
• ugoy

 

Further reading

• “tayon”, 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
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 410: “Meçer) Tayon (pp) al niño en la cuna”
  • page 564: “Suſpender) Tayong (pp) la obra.”
  • page 614: “Zeſar) Tayon (pp) de la obra q̃ haçe”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tayun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI