õun

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See also: oun, oûn, Õun, and -oun

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Etymology

Perhaps a loan from an Indo-Iranian language into Proto-Finnic, compare Yidgha (amuno), (amun, apple). Related to Finnish omena.

Pronunciation

Noun

õun (genitive õuna, partitive õuna)

  1. apple

Declension

References

  • õun”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • õun”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • õun”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • õun in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)