tún
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish *dunum, *dūnom, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tún n (genitive singular túns, plural tún)
Declension edit
| Declension of tún | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tún | túnið | tún | túnini |
| accusative | tún | túnið | tún | túnini |
| dative | túni | túninum | túnum | túnunum |
| genitive | túns | túnsins | túna | túnanna |
Derived terms edit
Hokkien edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of tún – see 囤 (“to store up; to hoard”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 囤). |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish *dunum, *dūnom, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Cognate with Danish tun (“enclosed area”), Norwegian Nynorsk tun (“farmstead; courtyard”), English town, German Zaun (“fence”), Dutch tuin (“garden”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tún n (genitive singular túns, nominative plural tún)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Karakalpak edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
tún
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
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Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”), from Gaulish *dūnon, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”). Cognate with Old English tūn, Old Frisian tūn, Old Saxon tūn, Old High German zūn. See also Proto-Slavic *tynъ (“fence”), which is a borrowing from the Proto-Germanic word. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tún n (genitive túns, plural tún)
- a hedged plot, enclosure, courtyard, homestead
- Sigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana III, verse 29, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 147:
- […] ok gullu víð / gæss í túni.
- […] and in the court / the geese loudly screamed.
- Sigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana III, verse 29, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 147:
- a field or meadow around the dwelling
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- muntún (“breast”)
- reikartún (“head”)
- Tuna (“placename designating a shared or major enclosure”)
- túnannir (“haymaking in the home-field”)
- túnbrekka (“edge of the home-field”)
- túngarðr (“fence of the home-field”)
- túngǫltr (“home-field boar”)
- túnhlið (“court-gate”)
- túnriða (“witch, ghost”)
- túnsvið (“sapace of home-field”)
- túnsvín (“home-field boar”)
- túnvǫllr (“strip of home-field”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- tún in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- tún in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- Per Vikstrand & al. (2023), "Tuna Revisited", Research Projects of the Dept. of Archaeology at the University of Uppsala.
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną. Cognate to Dutch tuin, English town, German Zaun.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tún c or n (plural tunen, diminutive túntsje)