mohon

Borrowed from Spanish mojón.

• Hyphenation: mo‧hon

mohón

1. boundary stone

mohón

1. to demarcate

From Malay mohon, from Classical Malay mohon. Related to Cebuano puhon (“soon”), Tagalog puhon (“contrition”) and Malagasy mifona (“to beg pardon, to entreat, to solicit”). Doublet of pohon.

• nasalization of pohon.
• from Javanese ꦩꦸꦲꦸꦤ꧀, ꦩꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (muhun, muwun, “to cry”) (compare ꦚꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀, ꦱꦸꦮꦸꦤ꧀ (nyuwun, suwun, “to ask”)), from Old Javanese amuhun (“to beg, beg leave”), suhun (“to ask respectfully”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuun (“to desire”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmohon/ [ˈmo.hɔn]
• Rhymes: -ohon
• Syllabification: mo‧hon

mohon (active memohon, passive dimohon)

1. to ask, to request

   Synonym: minta

2. to implore, to beseech, to beg

mohon

1. please, used to make a polite request

   Mohon makanannya diambil di teras sekolah.

   Please take the food from the school terrace.

mohon

1. please

• “mohon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Proto-Malayic *puqun (“tree trunk, origin, source”). The sense developed from the idea of asking for something at its very source.

• IPA^(key): /mo.hon/
• Rhymes: -hon, -on
• Hyphenation: mo‧hon

mohon

1. to request (formally); to apply for.

   Sila mohon jawatan itu sebelum tarikh tutup. ― Please apply for that position before the closing date.

2. to ask humbly; to beseech; to plead; to beg.

   Saya mohon maaf atas segala kesulitan. ― I humbly ask for forgiveness for any inconvenience.

   Para hadirin mohon perhatian. ― The audience is requested to pay attention.

• This is the root word and often implies a sense of formality and humility. The active verb form memohon is more commonly used in complete sentences.

• memohon
• pemohon
• permohonan
• dimohon
• bermohon

• "mohon" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

mohon

1. old

• A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

• muhon
• mujon

Borrowed from Spanish mojón. Doublet of muson, an early borrowing from Early Modern Spanish.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈhon/ [moˈhon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mo‧hon

mohón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

1. boundary stone, marker or landmark

   Synonym: muson

• “mohon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018