foun
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French faon, foon, feun, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, progeny”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
foun (plural fownes)
Descendants[edit]
- English: fawn
References[edit]
- “foun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Tetum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *boru-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu. Compare Malay baru.
Adjective[edit]
foun
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- enm:Baby animals
- enm:Cervids
- Tetum terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Tetum lemmas
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