huno

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι (Khoûnoi) or Χουνοί (Khounoí), borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Xiongnu). More at Huns.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu.nu/

• Hyphenation: hu‧no
• Homophone: uno

Noun

huno m (plural hunos)

1. Hun (member of an ancient Turkic nomadic tribe)
2. Hunnic (language of the Huns)

Adjective

huno (feminine huna, masculine plural hunos, feminine plural hunas)

1. Hunnic (of or relating to the Huns)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι (Khoûnoi) or Χουνοί (Khounoí), borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Xiongnu). More at Huns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuno/ [ˈu.no]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: hu‧no
• Homophone: uno

Adjective

huno (feminine huna, masculine plural hunos, feminine plural hunas)

1. (relational) Hun

Derived terms

• arco huno

 

Noun

huno m (plural hunos, feminine huna, feminine plural hunas)

1. Hun

Further reading

• “huno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhɨ̞nɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːnɔ/, /ˈhɪnɔ/

Etymology 1

Verb

huno

1. h-prothesized form of uno

Etymology 2

From hun (“sleep”) +‎ -o.

Verb

huno (first-person singular present hunaf, not mutable)

1. sleep

   Synonym: cysgu

2. (euphemistic) to pass away, to die

   Synonym: marw

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	hunaf	huni	hun, huna	hunwn	hunwch	hunant	hunir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	hunwn	hunit	hunai	hunem	hunech	hunent	hunid
preterite	hunais	hunaist	hunodd	hunasom	hunasoch	hunasant	hunwyd
pluperfect	hunaswn	hunasit	hunasai	hunasem	hunasech	hunasent	hunasid, hunesid
present subjunctive	hunwyf	hunych	huno	hunom	hunoch	hunont	huner
imperative	—	hun, huna	huned	hunwn	hunwch	hunent	huner
verbal noun	huno
verbal adjectives	hunedig hunadwy

Derived terms

• dihuno (“to wake”)

References

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of uno

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
uno	unchanged	unchanged	huno

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