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cun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cun"

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From 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)

Verb edit

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

  1. (obsolete) To know.
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See conn, cond.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

  1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

Etymology 3 edit

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cun (plural cuns or cun)

 
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  1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Anagrams edit

Azerbaijani edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)

  1. (Quba) thorn
    Synonym: tikan

Declension edit

    Declension of cun
singular plural
nominative cun
 cunlar
definite accusative cunu
 cunları
dative cuna
 cunlara
locative cunda
 cunlarda
ablative cundan
 cunlardan
definite genitive cunun
 cunların
    Possessive forms of cun
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) cunum cunlarım
sənin (“your”) cunun cunların
onun (“his/her/its”) cunu cunları
bizim (“our”) cunumuz cunlarımız
sizin (“your”) cununuz cunlarınız
onların (“their”) cunu or cunları cunları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) cunumu cunlarımı
sənin (“your”) cununu cunlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) cununu cunlarını
bizim (“our”) cunumuzu cunlarımızı
sizin (“your”) cununuzu cunlarınızı
onların (“their”) cununu or cunlarını cunlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) cunuma cunlarıma
sənin (“your”) cununa cunlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) cununa cunlarına
bizim (“our”) cunumuza cunlarımıza
sizin (“your”) cununuza cunlarınıza
onların (“their”) cununa or cunlarına cunlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) cunumda cunlarımda
sənin (“your”) cununda cunlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) cununda cunlarında
bizim (“our”) cunumuzda cunlarımızda
sizin (“your”) cununuzda cunlarınızda
onların (“their”) cununda or cunlarında cunlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) cunumdan cunlarımdan
sənin (“your”) cunundan cunlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) cunundan cunlarından
bizim (“our”) cunumuzdan cunlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) cununuzdan cunlarınızdan
onların (“their”) cunundan or cunlarından cunlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) cunumun cunlarımın
sənin (“your”) cununun cunlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) cununun cunlarının
bizim (“our”) cunumuzun cunlarımızın
sizin (“your”) cununuzun cunlarınızın
onların (“their”) cununun or cunlarının cunlarının

Further reading edit

  • “cun” in Obastan.com.

Dalmatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun edit

cun m

  1. dog

Fala edit

Alternative forms edit

  • con (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

cun

  1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) with
    Antonym: sin

Usage notes edit

  • The form con is more widely used in Valverdeñu.

References edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Friulian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum.

Preposition edit

cun

  1. with

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a”). Compare Portuguese cum.

Contraction edit

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)

  1. with a, with one

Further reading edit

Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʊn̪ˠ/, /kʊnˠ/

Noun edit

cun m (genitive singular cun)

  1. stoutness, thickness

Declension edit

Declension of cun

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cun
Vocative a chun
Genitive cun
Dative cun

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an cun
Genitive an chun
Dative leis an gcun

don chun

Descendants edit

  • → Yola: kun

Further reading edit

Istriot edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum.

Preposition edit

cun

  1. 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum.

Preposition edit

cun

  1. (Gherdëina) with
  2. (Badia) Alternative form of con

Leonese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Preposition edit

cun

  1. with

Usage notes edit

When followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

References edit

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

cun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cún.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔn.
  4. 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 edit

Noun edit

cun

  1. Alternative form of kyn

Mirandese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum.

Preposition edit

cun

  1. with

Sardinian edit

Etymology edit

From 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 edit

Preposition edit

cun

  1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) with

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Sassarese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

cun

  1. with

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Somali edit

Verb edit

cun

  1. eat
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