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Chuukese
Suffix
-un
- of
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
See -Vn (illative suffix).
Suffix
-un
- Suffix variant for the illative singular: see -Vn.
Icelandic
Etymology
U-mutated variant of -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-un f
- Forms nouns from verbs (generally class 4 weak verbs) denoting the action or state described by the verb
- þróa (“develop”) – þróun (“development”)
- hafna (“reject”) – höfnun (“rejection”)
Derived terms
Ngarrindjeri
Suffix
-un
- Suffix denoting present tense.
Old Norse
Etymology
Variant of -an f, from Proto-Germanic *-ōniz. Unlike "-an", "-un" is affected by u-umlaut in the nominative, accusative and dative singular forms.
Suffix
-un f
- (deverbative suffix) Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs.
Declension
Declension of -un (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
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Cognate with Russian -ун (-un).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /un/
- Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: un
Suffix
-un m
- forms masculine nouns
- bieg + -un → biegun
Derived terms
Further reading
- -un in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Common Turkic *-ï-ŋ.
Suffix
-un (complying with vowel harmony)
- An epenthetic variant of -n (the suffixation of the second-person singular possession), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel
- torun (“grand child”) + -un → (senin) torunun (“your grandchild”)
- horoz (“rooster”) + -un → (senin) horozun (“your rooster”)
Usage notes
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish ـِڭ (-ïŋ), from Common Turkic *-nïŋ. Final -ŋ had been coronalised to -n and initial -n- had been dropped apparently to avoid cluster.
Compare with Azerbaijani -un, Kazakh -ның (-nyñ) / -дың (-dyñ) / -тың (-tyñ), Tuvan -нуң (-nuñ) / -дуң (-duñ) / -туң (-tuñ), etc.
Suffix
-un (complying with vowel harmony)
- Variant of -nun (suffix forming genitive), agglutinated after a syllable which ends in a consonant and contains a rounded back vowel
- okul (“school”) + -un → okulun (“school’s, of school”)
Usage notes