gayon

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gayón (Badlit spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

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

Derived terms

• higayon
• kagayon

Central Bikol

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

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/ [ɡ̠ɐˈjon̪]
• 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 iri yari**	nari niri niyari†	dini	narini nandini nairi naari	heri eri ayri	ganari ganiri garini garni gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	narito nandito 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	naroon nandoon nayon/nayoon** nayaon‡	hayon ayon	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, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.