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taon

Pronunciation: /taˈʔon/

“taon” is a Tagalog word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. year
  2. chance happening; coincidence (especially in mataon and kataon)
  3. act of doing something to coincide with another
  4. act of being a go-between for admitting guests in one's house
  5. catching in the act
  6. encounter of two people at some place (especially by chance)
  7. finding someone being looked for by chance
  8. convulsion (especially in children and infants)
  9. infantile beriberi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun. Compare Ilocano tawen, Agutaynen takon, Maranao tahon /ta'on, Tausug tahun, Malay tahun, Malagasy taona, Māori tau, and Hawaiian kau (“season”). See also Proto-Austronesian *CawiN (“year”).

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