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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَاعُون (ṭāʕūn).
Pronunciation
Noun
taun (definite accusative taunu, plural taunlar)
- plague
- (offensively) used as a curse
- Səni taun tutsun! ― Damn you! Be cursed! (literally, “May the plague take you!”)
Declension
Further reading
Finnish
Noun
taun
- genitive singular of tau
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
tau + -n
Pronunciation
Noun
taun
- superessive singular of tau
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare Malay tahun, Maori tau).
Pronunciation
Noun
taun
- year
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay taun, from Arabic طَاعُون (ṭāʕūn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.ʊn/
- Rhymes: -ʊn
- Hyphenation: ta‧un
Noun
taun (plural taun-taun, first-person possessive taunku, second-person possessive taunmu, third-person possessive taunnya)
- (epidemiology) epidemic.
- Synonyms: epidemi, wabah
- infectious disease
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
taun
- Romanization of ꦠꦲꦸꦤ꧀
Kriol
Etymology
From English town.
Noun
taun
- town
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَاعُون (ṭāʕūn).
Noun
taun (plural taun-taun, informal 1st possessive taunku, 2nd possessive taunmu, 3rd possessive taunnya)
- (epidemiology) epidemic.
- Synonyms: epidemik, hawar, wabak
- infectious disease
- cholera
- Synonym: kolera
Descendants
Further reading
Marshallese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English town.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠæɰwinʲ/
- Bender phonemes: {tahwin}
Noun
taun
- a town
References
Sundanese
Romanization
taun
- Romanization of ᮒᮅᮔ᮪
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.
Noun
taun
- Indigofera
Thao
Noun
taun
- house; home
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English town.
Noun
taun
- town
- large timber tree
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay tahun.
Pronunciation
Noun
taun
- year
References
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics