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hon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hon"

English

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Etymology 1

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Shortened from honey.

The transgender slang sense derives from the supposedly abundant use of "hon" as a term of address by older male-to-female transgender people, presumably as a way to verbally affect a femininity they are otherwise perceived by some to lack (due to not passing well), and is especially associated with the cliché phrase "you look great, hon". Derogatory sense likely came about from users of 4chan's /lgbt/ board mocking the discourse on transgender forum Susan's Place.

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hon (plural hons)

  1. A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart
    Hey, hon! How was your day at work?
    1. (Southern US) A friendly term of address.
  3. (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who does not pass; a clocky trans woman.
    Antonym: passoid
    This youngshit mogs me: I'm such a hon.
    • 2015 October 18, anonymous author, 4chan‎[2], /lgbt/:
      If you didn't experience that you'll end up one of those ugly SJW programmer transbian hons with dyed hair sucking each other's dicks while acting like men in every way possible.
    • [2018 June 10, @addamschloe, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 2022-05-07:
      [cw anti-trans slurs] I get that they're rarer than 'trap' (being used to describe trans women as intentional deceivers) but I'd like it if people could be equally hostile to the terms 'brick' and 'hon' honestly / it's all transmisic garbage]
    • [2018 July 10, @addamschloe, Twitter‎[4], archived from the original on 2021-06-05:
      'brick' refers to a trans woman who doesn't 'pass', 'hon' refers to a trans woman who doesn't pass and also is nice to other trans women who don't pass, particularly used against older trans women]
    • 2020 May 12, @MsBdUnicorn, Twitter‎[5], archived from the original on 2023-02-20:
      Consider the fact that /tttt/ calls any positive trans space a hugbox full of hons. We're still hung up about passing and it's so pathetic.
    • 2022 June 2, @stacycay, Twitter‎[6], archived from the original on 2022-11-15:
      listen hon, if you're a "biological boy" that's cool and all but the rest of us are trans women.
    • [2022 September 16, @mishawave, Twitter‎[7], archived from the original on 2022-11-15:
      i feel like that depends on how you're using it. referring to yourself as a "hon", or using it as a joke, sure. but calling other trans people hons directly or indirectly is a bit far imo. it's an insult about something specific, so it's different from general slurs like "tranny"]
    • 2019 April 16, Andrea James, “Transgender slang, slurs, and controversial words”, in Transgender Map‎[8], archived from the original on 2023-04-08:
      It [the word "hon"] comes from the cliché, "You look great, hon," which is often used by older transitioners who do not "pass."
    • 2018 August 17, Natalie Wynn, 24:45 from the start, in Incels‎[9], ContraPoints:
      On TTTT, a major piece of jargon is "hon," a slur used by trans women for other trans women.
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Terms derived from hon (transgender slang)
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Etymology 2

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The laugh probably originated as a parody of French singer and actor Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) who was noted for his strong accent in English, and does not represent a typical French laugh.[1] The stereotype was popularized in Internet memes in the mid-2000s and 2010s.[2]

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hon

  2. (humorous) Representing a stereotypical French laugh.
    Hon hon hon, oui oui baguette!

Etymology 3

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Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon.

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hon

  1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo.

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Noun

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hon (plural hons)

  1. Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”)

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  1. ^ “Why do people think the French say 'hon hon hon' when they laugh?”, in The Local‎[1], 2017 March 14, archived from the original on 2017-09-14
  2. ^ “Hon Hon Hon”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007

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Breton

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Etymology

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Compare Welsh ein. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Determiner

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hon

  1. our

Catalan

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hon

  1. Archaic form of on.

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  • “hon” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

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Etymology

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Clipping of English honours degree.

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hon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, education) (classification of) honours degree
    first hon畢業／first hon毕业 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  first on1 bat1 jip6 [Jyutping]  ―  to graduate with a first-class honour degree
    冇hon [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  mou5 on1 [Jyutping]  ―  [degree] without honours classification

Czech

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Etymology

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From Old Czech hon, from Proto-Slavic *gonъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gánas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰónos.

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hon m inan

  1. hunt, chase
    hon na lišku ― fox hunt

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  • While lov may refer to any kind of hunting, hon refers only to those which involve chasing such as of ducks or fox.

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Declension of hon (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative hon hony
genitive honu honů
dative honu honům
accusative hon hony
vocative hone hony
locative honě, honu honech
instrumental honem hony
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  • “hon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “hon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “hon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.

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hon

  1. she

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Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

French

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Etymology 1

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Imitative.

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hon

  1. (dated) Representing laughter; ha, hon

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English hon.

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hon f (plural hons)

  2. (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) hon

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the archaic honn (“at home”).

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hon (plural honok)

  1. (literary) home, homeland, fatherland
    Synonym: haza

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hon honok
accusative hont honokat
dative honnak honoknak
instrumental honnal honokkal
causal-final honért honokért
translative honná honokká
terminative honig honokig
essive-formal honként honokként
essive-modal — —
inessive honban honokban
superessive honon honokon
adessive honnál honoknál
illative honba honokba
sublative honra honokra
allative honhoz honokhoz
elative honból honokból
delative honról honokról
ablative hontól honoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		honé honoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		honéi honokéi
Possessive forms of hon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. honom honaim
2nd person sing. honod honaid
3rd person sing. hona honai
1st person plural honunk honaink
2nd person plural honotok honaitok
3rd person plural honuk honaik

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  • (homeland): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (alternative form of honn (“at home”, rare, archaic)): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Etymology

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From Central Franconian hann, from Middle High German haben, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

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hon

  1. to have
    Ich hon en gros Haus.
    I have a big house.
    Hod-der Zeid fer mich se hellfe?
    Do you have time to help me?
    Ich had en komischer Draam gester Nacht.
    I had a weird dream last night.
  2. (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
    Er hod es gemach.
    He has done it.

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Irregular with past tense and conditional mood
infinitive hon
participle gehad
auxiliary hon
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		conditional
ich hon had häd
du host hast häst
er/sie/es hod had häd
meer hon hade häde
deer hod had häd
sie hon hade häd
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From the archaic form hón.

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hon (personal pronoun):

  1. (archaic) she

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  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Japanese

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Romanization

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hon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

Malay

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Etymology

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From English horn.

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hon (Jawi spelling هون, plural hon-hon, informal 1st possessive honku, 2nd possessive honmu, 3rd possessive honnya)

  1. automobile horn
    Synonym: (Indonesian) klakson (Indonesian)

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Irish úain (“time”), from Old Irish úan (“loan”), from oidid (“to lend”). Compare Irish uain (“loan, time, leisure”), Scottish Gaelic on, oin (“loan, laziness”).

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hon (uncountable)

  1. (Northern, North Midland) delay, hesitation
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  • Scots: hune

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Etymology 2

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hon (third-person singular simple present honeth, present participle honende, honynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle honed)

  1. Alternative form of honen (“to linger”)

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Preposition

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hon

  1. Alternative form of on

Etymology 4

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Numeral

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hon

  1. Alternative form of oon

Pronoun

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hon

  1. Alternative form of oon

Etymology 5

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Noun

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hon (plural hones)

  1. Alternative form of hond

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hon (third-person singular simple present hoþ, present participle honde, first-/third-person singular past indicative heng, past participle ihon)

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hongen

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

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hōn (transitive)

  1. to hang
  2. to suspend

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Conjugation

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Conjugation of hōn (strong class 7)
infinitive hōn hōnne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular hō hēng
second person singular hēhst hēnge
third person singular hēhþ hēng
plural hōþ hēngon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular hō hēnge
plural hōn hēngen
imperative
singular hōh
plural hōþ
participle present past
hōnde (ġe)hangen

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Old French

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hon m

  1. Alternative form of hom

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.

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hōn

  1. she

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Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik, mek þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣ(r), mik þǣ(r), þik sǣ(r), sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

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Rohingya

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Etymology

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Cognate with Assamese কোন (kün), Hindi कौन (kaun), Romani kon.

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hon

  1. who

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish hōn, from Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.

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hon

  1. she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
    Hon är mycket vacker.
    She is very beautiful.
  2. it (for certain nouns that were feminine in Old Swedish)
    Vad är hon?
    What (time) is it?
    Går hon bra?
    Is it (the car) working all right?
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Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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hon

  1. definite singular of ho

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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German haben, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

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hon

  1. to have

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *sindos.

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hon f

  1. (formal) (in conjuction with the definite article y) this
    Mae'r nofel hon yn well o lawer na'r nofel honno.
    This novel is a lot better than that novel.
    Mae'r holl sefyllfa hon yn benbleth fawr.
    This entire situation is real condundrum.

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  • Refers to grammatically feminine singular nouns, hwn (“this”) being the masculine singular and hyn (“this”) the (masculine and feminine) plural equivalents.
  • In informal language, hon as a determiner is replaced with yma (“there”) used in conjunction with the definite article y, or in some southern dialects with the definite article and hyn.
    (formal) y ddadl hon ― this debate
    = (informal) y ddadl 'ma
    = (South Wales, informal) y ddadl hyn
    (formal) yr eiliad hon ― this second
    = (informal) yr eiliad 'ma
    = (South Wales, informal) yr eiliad hyn

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hon f

  1. this
    Mae hon yn well o lawer na honno.
    This is a lot better than that.
    Mae hon yn benbleth fawr.
    This is real condundrum.

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  • Refers to grammatically feminine singular nouns, hwn (“this”) being the masculine singular equivalent. In addition, hyn (“this”) is used nonreferentially, for example, when talking about a general situation, action or event, rather than any particular noun.
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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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hon

  1. First person dual subject (medial position)
    we two
  2. First person plural subject (medial position)
    we (three or more)
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Zuni personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person (medial) ho' hon hon
1st person (final) hoo'o ho'no ho'no
2nd person (medial) to' ton ton
2nd person (final) too'o to'no to'no
3rd person (medial) — 'aachi —
3rd person (final) — 'aachi —
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