spone
See also: sponě
Italian edit
Verb edit
spone
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Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, form Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spone (plural spones)
- A spoon or scoop; especially a spoon used as a measure.
- A spoonful; the amount that fits in a spoon
- A shingle or roof tile.
- A splinter or wood chip.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: spoon
- Geordie English: spuin, speun
- Scots: spuin, spin, spon, spone, spun, spune
- Yola: spone
References edit
- “spọ̄n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
spone
- Alternative form of spanne
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English spone, from Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spone
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867