-kun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese くん (kun).

Suffix

-kun

1. (anime and manga fandom) Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity.

   Coordinate terms: -chan, -san

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -kun

Truck-kun

Translations

nominal affix indicating familiarity

Chinese: Mandarin: 君 (zh) (-jūn), 菌 (zh) (-jùn) Japanese: くん (ja) (-kun), 君 (ja) (くん, kun) (mostly written in kana) Korean: 군 (ko) (gun) Russian: -кун (ru) (-kun) Thai: คุง (th) (kung) Ukrainian: -кун (-kun)

Anagrams

• unk.

Basque

Suffix

-kun

1. Used to form adjectives indicating number of components.

   ‎bat (“one”) + ‎-kun → ‎bakun (“simple”)

Japanese

Romanization

-kun

1. Rōmaji transcription of くん

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	a / ı	e / i	o / u	ö / ü
default	-gın	-gin	-gun	-gün
assimilated	-kın	-kin	-kun	-kün

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Suffix

-kun

1. Assimilated form of -gin after the vowels O / U.

   ‎diz- (“to arrange in a row”) + ‎-gin → ‎dizgin (“rein”)

   ‎sal- (“to let loose, to let go”) + ‎-gın → ‎salgın (“outbreak, epidemic”)

   ‎dur- (“to stop”) + ‎-gun → ‎durgun (“still, calm”)

   ‎ol- (“to be, to become”) + ‎-gun → ‎olgun (“ripe”)