onn

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See also: önn, ǫnn, õnn, -œnn, and Onn

Translingual

Symbol

onn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Onobasulu.

See also

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *onn, from Proto-Celtic *osnos. Cognate with Breton and Welsh onn.

Noun

onn f (collective, singulative onnen)

  1. ash trees

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫnn.

Noun

onn f (definite singular onna, indefinite plural onner, definite plural onnene)

  1. bustle
  2. perseverance
  3. hard farmwork, usually at a specific time of year
  4. the time period in which hard farmwork is done

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

onn m (plural onns)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) year

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *onnā (compare Cornish/Breton onn), from Proto-Celtic *osnos (compare Old Irish uinnius), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-(e)no-s (compare English ash, Latin ornus).

Pronunciation

Noun

onn f (collective, singulative onnen)

  1. ash trees

Quotations

  • c. 1800, “Llwyn Onn ”, anonymous lyricist, anonymous composer:
    Yn nyffryn llwyn onn draw mi welais hardd feinwen
    In yonder valley of an ash grove I saw a fair maiden

Mutation

Mutated forms of onn
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
onn unchanged unchanged honn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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