mawn

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: môn, IPA^(key): /mɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

mawn (plural mawns)

1. (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.
2. A ghost.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mau̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *mọn, from Proto-Celtic *mānis (compare Irish móin), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“wet”).

Noun

mawn m (collective, singulative mawnen)

1. peat

Derived terms

• mawnbwll (“peat-pit”)
• mawndir (“peaty land”)
• mawnog (“peat-bog”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mawn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mawn	fawn	unchanged	unchanged

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

Etymology 2

Verb

mawn

1. Nasal mutation of bawn.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bawn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bawn	fawn	mawn	unchanged

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

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Yola

Noun

mawn

1. Alternative form of mawen