hawn

See also: Hawn

English

Noun

hawn (plural hawns)

1. (Cornwall) A haven or harbour.
   • 2022, Enys Tregarthen, The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall

     It was now quite impossible for her to get to the sands, and the only place not cut off by the sea was a tiny cove — a mere gash in the cliff midway between the two hawns, Pentire and Pentire Glaze.

Maltese

Alternative forms

• hawna, haw
• hawni (Nadur)
• hawnhekk, hawnhekka (emphatic form)

Etymology

From Arabic هَاهُنَا (hāhunā), emphatic form of هُنَا (hunā). Compare North Levantine Arabic هون (hawn, hōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awn/

Adverb

hawn

1. here

   Madankollu, aġġustament tali ma kienx meqjus meħtieġ hawn.

   However, such an adjustment was not considered necessary here.

Derived terms

• ’l hawn u ’l hinn

 

Welsh

Verb

hawn

1. h-prothesized form of awn

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
awn	unchanged	unchanged	hawn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.