cun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cun"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /kʊn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. (obsolete) To know.

Related terms

• cunning

Etymology 2

See conn, cond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌn/

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

Etymology 3

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

Alternative forms

• tsun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuːn/

Noun

cun (plural cuns or cun)

1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Anagrams

• NUC, UNC, nuc, unc

Asturian

Preposition

cun

1. (Western Asturias) Alternative form of con

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)

1. (Quba) thorn

   Synonym: tikan

Declension

Declension of cun
	singular	plural
nominative	cun	cunlar
definite accusative	cunu	cunları
dative	cuna	cunlara
locative	cunda	cunlarda
ablative	cundan	cunlardan
definite genitive	cunun	cunların

Possessive forms of cun
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	cunum	cunlarım
sənin (“your”)	cunun	cunların
onun (“his/her/its”)	cunu	cunları
bizim (“our”)	cunumuz	cunlarımız
sizin (“your”)	cununuz	cunlarınız
onların (“their”)	cunu or cunları	cunları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	cunumu	cunlarımı
sənin (“your”)	cununu	cunlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	cununu	cunlarını
bizim (“our”)	cunumuzu	cunlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	cununuzu	cunlarınızı
onların (“their”)	cununu or cunlarını	cunlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	cunuma	cunlarıma
sənin (“your”)	cununa	cunlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	cununa	cunlarına
bizim (“our”)	cunumuza	cunlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	cununuza	cunlarınıza
onların (“their”)	cununa or cunlarına	cunlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	cunumda	cunlarımda
sənin (“your”)	cununda	cunlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	cununda	cunlarında
bizim (“our”)	cunumuzda	cunlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	cununuzda	cunlarınızda
onların (“their”)	cununda or cunlarında	cunlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	cunumdan	cunlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	cunundan	cunlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	cunundan	cunlarından
bizim (“our”)	cunumuzdan	cunlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	cununuzdan	cunlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	cunundan or cunlarından	cunlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	cunumun	cunlarımın
sənin (“your”)	cununun	cunlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	cununun	cunlarının
bizim (“our”)	cunumuzun	cunlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	cununuzun	cunlarınızın
onların (“their”)	cununun or cunlarının	cunlarının

Further reading

• “cun” in Obastan.com.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• kun, cuon, kuon

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

cun m

1. dog

Fala

Alternative forms

• con (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: cun

Preposition

cun

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) with

   Antonym: sin

Usage notes

• The form con is more widely used in Valverdeñu.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Friulian

Alternative forms

• cu

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a”). Compare Portuguese cum.

Contraction

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)

1. with a, with one

Further reading

• “cun, cunha”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊn̪ˠ/, /kʊnˠ/

Noun

cun m (genitive singular cun)

1. stoutness, thickness

Declension

Declension of cun (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cun vocative a chun genitive cun dative cun forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cun genitive an chun dative leis an gcun don chun

Descendants

• → Yola: kun

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Istriot

Alternative forms

• cu’ (apocopic)
• con

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. (Gherdëina) with
2. (Badia) Alternative form of con

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Preposition

cun

1. with

Usage notes

When followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

• ‎cun + ‎el → ‎cul
• ‎cun + ‎la → ‎cuna
• ‎cun + ‎lu → ‎cunu
• ‎cun + ‎los → ‎cunos
• ‎cun + ‎las → ‎cunas

References

• AEDLL

Mandarin

Romanization

cun

1. Nonstandard spelling of cūn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cún.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cùn.

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.

Middle English

Noun

cun

1. Alternative form of kyn

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Italian con, Portuguese com, Spanish con, Romanian cu, Sicilian cu. Compare also Nuorese chin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/
• IPA^(key): [kund] (often before vowels)

Preposition

cun

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) with

Derived terms

• cun d'

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• cu' (apocopic)

Etymology

From Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Preposition

cun

1. with

Derived terms

• cun meggu
• cun teggu

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Somali

Verb

cun

1. eat