zun

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See also: zūn, zǔn, and zùn

Translingual

Symbol

zun

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zuni.

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

zun (plural zuns)

  1. (nonstandard, British) Pronunciation spelling of sun.
    • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century:
      Zome woys avore the zun is down,
      So long’s the sky is clear;
    • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire:
      GOOD bwye ta thee Cot! whaur tha dâs o’ my childhood
      Glaw’d bright as tha zun in a mornin o’ mâ;

Etymology 2

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a zun with taotie dating to the Shang dynasty

Romanized from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin (zūn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʊn/, /dzʊn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊn

Noun

zun (plural zuns or zun)

  1. A type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal.
Translations

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (son). Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.

Noun

zun m (plural zünne)

  1. (Sette Comuni) son

Declension

References

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • ğun (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin jejūnus, from ieiūnus.

Adjective

zun

  1. fasting
  2. (figurative) lacking

Related terms

German

Pronunciation

Contraction

zun (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + plural noun)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) to or for the (contraction of zu + den)

Japanese

Romanization

zun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ずん

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဇွန်း (jwan:).

Noun

zun

  1. spoon

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Mandarin

Romanization

zun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zǔn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zùn.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną.

Noun

zūn ?

  1. fence

Descendants

  • Middle High German: zūn, zoun

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

zun m

  1. son

Noun

zun f

  1. sun