Wiktionary

kun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).

NounEdit

kun (uncountable)

  1. In the Japanese language, the pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character as a native Japanese word that means what the character represents, contrasted with on.
    Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".

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AnagramsEdit

Bikol CentralEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

kun

  1. if
    Kun may dudumanon ka, maiba na lang lugod ako saimo .
    If you're going somewhere, I'll come with you then.

PrepositionEdit

kun

  1. when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if
    Kun banggi, nagluluwas an mga bituon.
    At night, the stars come out.

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kun

  1. genitive plural of kuna

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Older ikkun, a contraction of Old Danish ække uten (“nothing but”), from Old Norse ekki (“not”) and útan (“without, except”).

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

kun

  1. only

SynonymsEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kʏn/
  • Audio(file)

VerbEdit

kun

  1. second-person singular present indicative of kunnen
    Kun jij iets doen voor mij?
    Can you do something for me?

Usage notesEdit

As is usual in Dutch, the -t is dropped when the pronoun jij / je immediately follows the verb. However, unlike for all other verbs, the form that results is not identical to the first-person singular, which is kan. The form kan is also frequently used, by analogy with regular verbs, but it may be considered nonstandard by some.

SynonymsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin cum. Compare Italian con, Spanish con, Portuguese com.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

kun

  1. in the company of, with
  2. in addition to
  3. characteristic considered separately from the whole
    • 1961, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro esperanta
      Vorto dirita en ĝusta tempo estas kiel oraj pomoj kun arĝentaj ŝeloj.
      A word said at the right time is like golden apples with silver skins.

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

The singular instructive case of kuka. Originally a lesser used variant of kuin; modern differences between the two were introduced when the language was standardized.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkun/, [ˈkun]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification(key): kun

ConjunctionEdit

kun

  1. when, as (temporal: at the same time or instant that)
    Sain viestisi, kun olin jo matkalla lentokentälle.
    I got your message when I was already on my way to the airport.
    Hän ilmestyi antamaan ohjeita, kun olin jo saanut työn valmiiksi.
    He showed up to give instructions when I had already finished the job.
  2. as soon as, once; expresses that the event of the main clause takes place immediately after that of the subclause, often used with the clitic -han
    Tulen tapaamaan sinua, kun(han) saan tämän valmiiksi.
    I will come to see you as soon as I finish this job.
  3. because, since
    Hän menetti työpaikkansa, kun tuli aina myöhässä.
    She lost her job because she was always late.
    En voi tulla huomenna, minulla kun on aamuvuoro.
    I cannot come tomorrow as I have the morning shift.
  4. Short for kunpa.

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PronounEdit

kun

  1. (relative, colloquial) that, who, which, where
    Täällä on eräs mies, kun haluaisi tavata johtajaa.
    Täällä on eräs mies, joka haluaisi tavata johtajaa. (standard)
    There's somebody here who'd like to see the boss.
    Synonym: joka

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkun]
  • Hyphenation: kun
  • Rhymes: -un

NounEdit

kun (plural kunok)

  1. Cuman (member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kun kunok
accusative kunt kunokat
dative kunnak kunoknak
instrumental kunnal kunokkal
causal-final kunért kunokért
translative kunná kunokká
terminative kunig kunokig
essive-formal kunként kunokként
essive-modal — —
inessive kunban kunokban
superessive kunon kunokon
adessive kunnál kunoknál
illative kunba kunokba
sublative kunra kunokra
allative kunhoz kunokhoz
elative kunból kunokból
delative kunról kunokról
ablative kuntól kunoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kuné kunoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kunéi kunokéi
Possessive forms of kun
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kunom kunjaim
2nd person sing. kunod kunjaid
3rd person sing. kunja kunjai
1st person plural kununk kunjaink
2nd person plural kunotok kunjaitok
3rd person plural kunjuk kunjaik

Further readingEdit

  • kun 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

IdoEdit

PrepositionEdit

kun

  1. with
    Ilu iris kun elu a la parko.
    He went with her to the park.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

kun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くん

KavalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Hokkien 裙 (kûn, “skirt”).

NounEdit

kun

  1. pants; trousers
  2. skirt; sarong

MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

kun

  1. second-person singular imperative of kien

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

kun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kǔn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kùn.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

kun

  1. Alternative form of kin

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Danish kun.

AdverbEdit

kun

  1. only, merely

SynonymsEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kun f

  1. genitive plural of kuna

SomaliEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Cushitic *kum-.

NumeralEdit

kun

  1. thousand

ReferencesEdit

  • “kun” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

Southeastern TepehuanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kuna.

NounEdit

kun (third person singular possession kunaaꞌn)

  1. husband

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 115

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

kun

  1. Romanization of 𒆲 (kun)

UzbekEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic кун (kun)‍
Latin kun‍
Perso-Arabic

EtymologyEdit

From Chagatai کون‎ (kün, “sun, day”), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).

NounEdit

kun (plural kunlar)

  1. day
  2. sun

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kun
singular plural
nominative kun kunlar
genitive kunning kunlarning
dative kunga kunlarga
definite accusative kunni kunlarni
locative kunda kunlarda
ablative kundan kunlardan
Possessive forms of kun
my singular plural
nominative kunim kunlarim
genitive kunimning kunlarimning
dative kunimga kunlarimga
definite accusative kunimni kunlarimni
locative kunimda kunlarimda
ablative kunimdan kunlarimdan
your singular plural
nominative kuning kunlaring
genitive kuningning kunlaringning
dative kuningga kunlaringga
definite accusative kuningni kunlaringni
locative kuningda kunlaringda
ablative kuningdan kunlaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative kuni kunlari
genitive kunining kunlarining
dative kuniga kunlariga
definite accusative kunini kunlarini
locative kunida kunlarida
ablative kunidan kunlaridan
our singular plural
nominative kunimiz kunlarimiz
genitive kunimizning kunlarimizning
dative kunimizga kunlarimizga
definite accusative kunimizni kunlarimizni
locative kunimizda kunlarimizda
ablative kunimizdan kunlarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative kuningiz kunlaringiz
genitive kuningizning kunlaringizning
dative kuningizga kunlaringizga
definite accusative kuningizni kunlaringizni
locative kuningizda kunlaringizda
ablative kuningizdan kunlaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative kuni kunlari
genitive kunining kunlarining
dative kuniga kunlariga
definite accusative kunini kunlarini
locative kunida kunlarida
ablative kunidan kunlaridan

VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kun (nominative plural kuns)

  1. cow

DeclensionEdit

declension of kun
singular plural
nominative kun kuns
genitive kuna kunas
dative kune kunes
accusative kuni kunis
vocative 1 o kun! o kuns!
predicative 2 kunu kunus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

  • kunül (“cow calf, female calf”)

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Wik-MungkanEdit

NounEdit

kun

  1. excrement, faeces, shit

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YámanaEdit

NounEdit

kun

  1. oil

YolaEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

kun

  1. A masculine, forward woman, a brazen face.

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 51
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