cun

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

• IPA^(key): /kʌn/

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

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

1. (obsolete) To know.

• cunning

See conn, cond.

• IPA^(key): /kʌn/

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”)

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

• tsun

• IPA^(key): /tsuːn/

cun (plural cuns or cun)

 

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

• NUC, UNC, nuc, unc

cun

1. (Western Asturias) Alternative form of con

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cun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)

1. (Quba) thorn

   Synonym: tikan

• “cun” in Obastan.com.

• kun, cuon, kuon

From Latin canis, canem.

cun m

1. dog

• con (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

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

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

cun

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) with

   Antonym: sin

• The form con is more widely used in Valverdeñu.

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

• cu

From Latin cum.

cun

1. with

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

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

1. with a, with one

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

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• IPA^(key): /kʊn̪ˠ/, /kʊnˠ/

cun m (genitive singular cun)

1. stoutness, thickness

• → Yola: kun

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

• cu’ (apocopic)
• con

From Latin cum.

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.

From Latin cum.

cun

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

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

cun

1. with

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

• AEDLL

cun

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

• 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.

cun

1. Alternative form of kyn

From Latin cum.

cun

1. with

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.

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

cun

1. (Logudorese, Campidanese) with

• cun d'

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

• cu' (apocopic)

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

• IPA^(key): /kun/

cun

1. with

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

cun

1. eat