"doon" meaning in Somali

See doon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: döön [canonical, feminine], doonyo [masculine, plural]
Etymology: From earlier doonni, ultimately from Tamil தோணி (tōṇi). Etymology templates: {{bor|so|ta|தோணி}} Tamil தோணி (tōṇi) Head templates: {{head|so|noun|plural|doonyo|or||f1accel-form=p|f1g=m|f2accel-form=p|g=f|head=döön|sort=}} döön f (plural doonyo m), {{so-noun|g=f|gpl=m|head=döön|pl=doonyo}} döön f (plural doonyo m)
  1. dhoni (traditional sailing vessel)
    Sense id: en-doon-so-noun-wLG~I-Z0 Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Somali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 1 5 6 23 2 2 16 19 5 3 3 1 0 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 8 23 1 1 18 22 6 2 2 1 0 0 12 2 Disambiguation of Somali entries with incorrect language header: 79 21

Verb

Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|so}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|so|verb}} doon Inflection templates: {{so-conj|doon||t}}, {{so-conj-table|dooni|doonid|doonaa|doontaa|doonaa|doontaa|doonay|doontay|doonay|doontay|doonnaa|doontaan|doonaan|doonnay|doonteen|dooneen|dooni doonaa|dooni doontaa|dooni doonaa|dooni doontaa|dooni doonnaa|dooni doontaan|dooni doonaan|doonay|doontay|doon|doontay|doonnay|doonte|doone|type=I}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dooni [infinitive], doonid [participle, present], doonaa [first-person, present, singular], doonay [first-person, past, singular], dooni doonaa [first-person, future, singular], doontaa [present, second-person, singular], doontay [past, second-person, singular], dooni doontaa [future, second-person, singular], doonaa [present, singular, third-person], doonay [past, singular, third-person], dooni doonaa [future, singular, third-person], doon [past, singular, third-person], doontaa [present, singular, third-person], doontay [past, singular, third-person], dooni doontaa [future, singular, third-person], doonnaa [first-person, plural, present], doonnay [first-person, past, plural], dooni doonnaa [first-person, future, plural], doontaan [plural, present, second-person], doonteen [past, plural, second-person], dooni doontaan [future, plural, second-person], doonte [past, plural, second-person], doonaan [plural, present, third-person], dooneen [past, plural, third-person], dooni doonaan [future, plural, third-person], doone [past, plural, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to want, hope, aspire Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-doon-so-verb-ItB3amIP
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      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "ta",
        "3": "தோணி"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil தோணி (tōṇi)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier doonni, ultimately from Tamil தோணி (tōṇi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "döön",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonyo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "doonyo",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "döön",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "döön f (plural doonyo m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "döön",
        "pl": "doonyo"
      },
      "expansion": "döön f (plural doonyo m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 6 23 2 2 16 19 5 3 3 1 0 0 10 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 8 23 1 1 18 22 6 2 2 1 0 0 12 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dhoni (traditional sailing vessel)"
      ],
      "id": "en-doon-so-noun-wLG~I-Z0",
      "links": [
        [
          "dhoni",
          "dhoni"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "doon"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "so-conj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonnay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonteen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doontaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooneen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "doon",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "doon",
        "2": "",
        "3": "t"
      },
      "name": "so-conj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dooni",
        "10": "doontay",
        "11": "doonnaa",
        "12": "doontaan",
        "13": "doonaan",
        "14": "doonnay",
        "15": "doonteen",
        "16": "dooneen",
        "17": "dooni doonaa",
        "18": "dooni doontaa",
        "19": "dooni doonaa",
        "2": "doonid",
        "20": "dooni doontaa",
        "21": "dooni doonnaa",
        "22": "dooni doontaan",
        "23": "dooni doonaan",
        "24": "doonay",
        "25": "doontay",
        "26": "doon",
        "27": "doontay",
        "28": "doonnay",
        "29": "doonte",
        "3": "doonaa",
        "30": "doone",
        "4": "doontaa",
        "5": "doonaa",
        "6": "doontaa",
        "7": "doonay",
        "8": "doontay",
        "9": "doonay",
        "type": "I"
      },
      "name": "so-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to want, hope, aspire"
      ],
      "id": "en-doon-so-verb-ItB3amIP",
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ],
        [
          "aspire",
          "aspire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to want, hope, aspire"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "doon"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Somali feminine nouns",
    "Somali lemmas",
    "Somali nouns",
    "Somali terms borrowed from Tamil",
    "Somali terms derived from Tamil",
    "Somali terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Somali verbs"
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Tamil தோணி (tōṇi)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier doonni, ultimately from Tamil தோணி (tōṇi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "döön",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonyo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "doonyo",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1g": "m",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "döön",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "döön f (plural doonyo m)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gpl": "m",
        "head": "döön",
        "pl": "doonyo"
      },
      "expansion": "döön f (plural doonyo m)",
      "name": "so-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dhoni (traditional sailing vessel)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dhoni",
          "dhoni"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "doon"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Somali lemmas",
    "Somali terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Somali verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "so-conj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doontaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonnay",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonnaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doontaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonteen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doontaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doonaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooneen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dooni doonaan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "doon",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "doon",
        "2": "",
        "3": "t"
      },
      "name": "so-conj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dooni",
        "10": "doontay",
        "11": "doonnaa",
        "12": "doontaan",
        "13": "doonaan",
        "14": "doonnay",
        "15": "doonteen",
        "16": "dooneen",
        "17": "dooni doonaa",
        "18": "dooni doontaa",
        "19": "dooni doonaa",
        "2": "doonid",
        "20": "dooni doontaa",
        "21": "dooni doonnaa",
        "22": "dooni doontaan",
        "23": "dooni doonaan",
        "24": "doonay",
        "25": "doontay",
        "26": "doon",
        "27": "doontay",
        "28": "doonnay",
        "29": "doonte",
        "3": "doonaa",
        "30": "doone",
        "4": "doontaa",
        "5": "doonaa",
        "6": "doontaa",
        "7": "doonay",
        "8": "doontay",
        "9": "doonay",
        "type": "I"
      },
      "name": "so-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Somali transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want, hope, aspire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ],
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ],
        [
          "aspire",
          "aspire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to want, hope, aspire"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "doon"
}

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