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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun, compare Indonesian daun.

dahon

1. leaf

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdahon/ [ˈd̪a.hon̪]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔon/ [ˈd̪a.ʔon̪] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: da‧hon

dáhon (Basahan spelling ᜇᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. leaf (part of a plant)
2. page (of a book, newspaper, etc.)

   Synonym: pahina

From Proto-Philippine *dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

dahon

1. leaf (part of a plant)

From Proto-Philippine *dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

• Hyphenation: da‧hon
• IPA^(key): /ˈdahon/ [ˈd̪a.hon̪]

dahon

1. leaf

• honda

From Proto-Philippine *dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

dahon

1. leaf

From Proto-Philippine *dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

dáhon

1. frond, leaf (part of a plant)

From Proto-Philippine *dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

dahon

1. leaf (of a plant)

• rahon — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dahun (“leaf”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf; blade of paddle or oar; ‘table’ for eating”). Compare Malay daun.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdahon/ [ˈd̪aː.hon̪]
• Rhymes: -ahon
• Syllabification: da‧hon

dahon (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (botany) leaf (part of a plant)

   Synonym: oha

2. (publishing) sheet of paper; leaf (of a book)

   Synonyms: pahina, pohas

3. movable frame or panelling (of a door or window)
4. (nautical, obsolete) oar blade
5. (obsolete) offerings to the anitos put on certain leaves

• “dahon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (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^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 354: “Hoja) Dahon (pp) qual quiera”
  • page 451: “Ofrenda) Dahon (pp) es que tenian ciertas hojas en que punian loque ofrecian a los anitos las quales eſta an dedicadas para ſolo eſte efecto, eſto baſta que ſera nunca acabar.”
  • page 460: “Pala) Dahon (pp) de remo chico grande, ola del horno”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 253