cun
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kʌn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌn
Verb
editcun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)
- Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)
Etymology 3
editFrom Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcun (plural cuns or cun)
Anagrams
editAsturian
editPreposition
editcun
- (Western Asturias) Alternative form of con
Azerbaijani
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editcun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)
Declension
editDeclension of cun | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | cun |
cunlar | ||||||
definite accusative | cunu |
cunları | ||||||
dative | cuna |
cunlara | ||||||
locative | cunda |
cunlarda | ||||||
ablative | cundan |
cunlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | cunun |
cunların |
Further reading
edit- “cun” in Obastan.com.
Dalmatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editcun m
Fala
editAlternative forms
edit- con (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)
Etymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editcun
- (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) with
- Antonym: sin
Usage notes
edit- The form con is more widely used in Valverdeñu.
References
editFriulian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPreposition
editcun
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a”). Compare Portuguese cum.
Contraction
editcun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)
Further reading
edit- “cun, cunha”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Irish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcun m (genitive singular cun)
Declension
edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Descendants
edit- → Yola: kun
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Istriot
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPreposition
editcun
- with
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
- Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.
- Dear, with that little white and red face.
Ladin
editEtymology
editPreposition
editcun
Leonese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).
Preposition
editcun
Usage notes
editWhen followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:
References
editMandarin
editRomanization
editcun
- Nonstandard spelling of cūn.
- Nonstandard spelling of cún.
- Nonstandard spelling of cǔn.
- Nonstandard spelling of cùn.
Usage notes
edit- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
editNoun
editcun
- Alternative form of kyn
Mirandese
editEtymology
editPreposition
editcun
Sardinian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Italian con, Portuguese com, Spanish con, Romanian cu, Sicilian cu. Compare also Nuorese chin.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editcun
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Sassarese
editAlternative forms
edit- cu' (apocopic)
Etymology
editFrom Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editcun
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Somali
editVerb
editcun
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- Rhymes:Fala/un
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- Fala lemmas
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- Lagarteiru Fala
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