awn

See also: awn.

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Awngi.

Symbol

awn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awngi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Awngi terms

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

awn (botany)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Homophones: en (cot–caught merger); on (Southern US, Midland US or cot–caught merger)

Noun

awn (plural awns)

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
   • 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:

     In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.

Derived terms

• awned
• awner
• awnless
• awnlet
• awnlike
• awny
• purple three-awn grass
• threeawn

Translations

the bristle or beard of certain plants

Abkhaz: ахәҵәы́ (axʷcʷʼə́) Arabic: سَفَاة (safāh) Azerbaijani: qılçıq Bashkir: ҡылсыҡ (qılsıq) Bulgarian: осил (bg) (osil) Chechen: дитт (ditt) Chinese: Mandarin: 芒 (zh) (máng) Chuvash: хылчӑк (hylč̬ăk) Crimean Tatar: qılçıq Czech: osina f Dutch: kafnaald f Esperanto: aristo (eo) Estonian: ohe (et) Finnish: vihne (fi) French: barbe (fr) f Galician: argana (gl) f, aresta (gl) f, coaño (gl) m Georgian: ფხა (ka) (pxa) German: Granne (de) f Greek: αθέρας (el) m (athéras), άγανο (el) n (ágano) Ancient: ἀθήρ m (athḗr) Hungarian: toklász (hu) Icelandic: týta f Ingrian: oas Irish: colg m Italian: arista (it) f, resta (it) f Kazakh: қылқан (qylqan) Korean: 까끄라기 (ko) (kkakkeuragi) Kumyk: къылчыкъ (qılçıq) Kyrgyz: кылкан (kılkan) Latin: arista f Macedonian: о́сил m (ósil) Norwegian: snerp n Ottoman Turkish: سونكو (süngü) Persian: دازه (dâze), تزه (fa) (taze) Polish: ość (pl) f, wąs (pl) m Portuguese: arista f Russian: ость (ru) f (ostʹ) Salar: qılçıq Slovak: osť f, ostina f, osina f, ôstie n, fúzy m Southern Altai: кылган (kïlgan) Spanish: arista (es) f Swedish: borst (sv) n Tatar: кылчык (tt) (qılçıq) Turkish: kılçık (tr) sg Turkmen: gylçyk Uyghur: قىلتىرىق (qiltiriq) Uzbek: qiltanoq (uz), qil-tiriq, qiltiq (uz) Welsh: col (cy) m

Anagrams

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.un/, /au̯n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃w̃/ [ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Interjection

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

   Awn, você é tão fofo!

   Aw, you're so cute!

Scots

Determiner

awn

1. (obsolete) alternative form of ain

References

• “awn, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• elwn (first person singular subjunctive and conditional)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of awn

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
awn	unchanged	unchanged	hawn

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