Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι (Khoûnoi) or Χουνοί (Khounoí),[1] borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Xiongnu).[2] More at Huns.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

huno m (plural hunos)

  1. Hun (member of an ancient Turkic nomadic tribe)
  2. Hunnic (language of the Huns)

Adjective edit

huno (feminine huna, masculine plural hunos, feminine plural hunas)

  1. Hunnic (of or relating to the Huns)

References edit

  1. ^ huno”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “huno”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι (Khoûnoi) or Χουνοί (Khounoí),[1] borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Xiongnu).[2] More at Huns.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

huno (feminine huna, masculine plural hunos, feminine plural hunas)

  1. (relational) Hun

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

huno m (plural hunos, feminine huna, feminine plural hunas)

  1. Hun

References edit

  1. ^ huno”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “huno”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading edit

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

huno

  1. h-prothesized form of uno

Etymology 2 edit

From hun (sleep) +‎ -o.

Verb edit

huno (first-person singular present hunaf, not mutable)

  1. sleep
    Synonym: cysgu
  2. (euphemistic) to pass away, to die
    Synonym: marw
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “huno”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
uno unchanged unchanged huno
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.