kokoon
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kokoon (plural kokoons)
- (archaic) A gnu; a brindled gnu.
- 1845, John George Cochrane [editor], The Foreign Quarterly Review:
- Mixed squads of kokoons and zebras are practising their wild gambols over the level plain, kicking, frolicking, butting, and pursuing each other with untiring perseverence
Etymology 2 edit
Sinhalese [script needed] (kokuṅ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kokoon (plural kokoons)
- (uncommon) A tree of the genus Kokoona.
- Synonym: kokoona
- 1872, Yearbook of Pharmacy: Comprising Abstracts of Papers Relating to Pharmacy, Materia Medica and Chemistry Contributed to British and Foreign Journal...with the Transactions of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, page 32:
- The inner yellow bark of the kokoon tree of Ceylon (Kokoona Zeylanica, Thw.) is employed there as a febrifuge and stimulatory, and as a dye.
- 2007 October 23, Colin Tudge, The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter, Crown, →ISBN, page 169:
- The kokoon tree from Sri Lanka (Kokoona zeylanica) yields a useful oil.
- 2012 October 16, Olavi Huikari, The Miracle of Trees, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 54:
- CELASTRALES - spindle trees, khat trees, kokoons.
References edit
- “kokoon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “kokoon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “kokoon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kokoon
Adverb edit
kokoon
- together (to one place)
- Paljonko rahaa olemme saaneet kokoon?
- How much money have we scraped together?
Inflection edit
→○ | illative | kokoon |
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○ | inessive | koossa |
○→ | elative | – |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kokoon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian edit
Noun edit
kokoon (invariable)