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== Translingual == === Symbol === yon (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yongkom. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Yongkom terms == English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /jɑn/ Homophone: yawn (cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɒn ==== Determiner ==== yon (dated or dialectal) Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there. ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== yon (not comparable) (dated or dialectal) yonder. ===== Derived terms ===== hither and yon ==== Pronoun ==== yon (dated or dialectal) That one or those over there. === Etymology 2 === ==== Phrase ==== yon (knitting) Acronym of yarn over needle. === Anagrams === Noy, noy == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ūnus. Doublet of un (indefinite article). === Numeral === yon (feminine yona or yena) (ORB, broad) one === References === un [2] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca yon in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === Maybe a contraction of French il y a un. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɔ̃/ === Article === yon a, an; the indefinite article ==== Usage notes ==== Yon always precedes the noun it modifies, unlike most adjectives. ==== Related terms ==== === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 206 == Japanese == === Romanization === yon Rōmaji transcription of よん == Kok-Paponk == === Pronoun === yon you; second-person singular pronoun === References === Paul Black (2008), “Pronominal Accretions in Pama-Nyungan”, in Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, Luisa Miceli, editors, Morphology and Language History (in Kok-Paponk), →ISBN == Lower Tanana == === Etymology === From Proto-Athabaskan *(h)aˑn, *hanʸ. Cognate with Ahtna yaan, Navajo -YĄ́Ą́ʼ. === Root === yon to eat ==== Stem set ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 91 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gion, ȝen, ȝene, ȝeon, ȝhone, ȝon, ȝone, ȝonne, ȝyn, yhon, yoene, yone === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ġeon, from Proto-West Germanic *jain, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɔn/, /jɛn/ (from inflected forms) IPA(key): /jɔːn/, /jɛːn/ === Determiner === yon (plural and weak singular yone) (somewhat uncommon) that (over there), yon ==== Descendants ==== English: yon ⇒ English: thon (under the influence of this, that) Scots: yon, thon === Adverb === yon (rare) that (over there), yonder (rare) afterwards, next (chronologically) ==== Descendants ==== English: yon Scots: yon, thon ==== References ==== “yon, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Pronoun === yon (rare) that one; that person ==== Descendants ==== English: yon Scots: yon, thon ==== References ==== “yon, pronoun.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Scots == === Alternative forms === thon === Etymology === From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Compare English yon and German jener. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [jon] (North Northern Scots, Orcadian) IPA(key): [jɪn] (Shetlandic) IPA(key): [jʌn] === Adjective === yon (not comparable) that, those, yonder (indicating a person or thing at some distance in time or space usually more remote than that) === Pronoun === yon that one person or thing, etc. those === Adverb === yon (not comparable) yonder, over there, further away thither, to that place ==== Derived terms ==== yonwey (“yonder way”) == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjon/ [ˈjon̪] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: yon === Determiner === yon (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜈ᜔) (colloquial) alternative spelling of 'yon === Pronoun === yon (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜈ᜔) (colloquial) alternative spelling of 'yon === Anagrams === n'yo == Tatar == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *juŋ. Compare Kazakh жүн (jün, “wool, fur, feather”). === Noun === yon feather == Ternate == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈjon] === Noun === yon a kind of dance === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh