Finnish

Pronoun

tuon

1. Genitive and accusative singular form of tuo.
2. (accusative) that (over there) (direct object, when the speaker points at the thing):

   • Voisitko tehdä tuon?
     • Could you please do that?

3. (genitive) of that (when the speaker points at the thing):

   • Tuon koulun rehtori on kuulemma aika ankara.
     • The rector of that school is said to be quite strict.

Inflection

• See tuo

Synonyms

• (dialectal) ton

Verb

tuon

1. First-person singular indicative present form of tuoda.

   • (Minä) tuon sinulle kynän.
     • I bring you a pen.

Anagrams

• Unto

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną, akin to Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon, Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā, Old English dōn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Verb

tuon

1. to do
2. to make

Descendants

• Middle High German: tuon
  • German: tun
  • Yiddish: טאָן ‎(ton)