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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kon (“cheek”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /koːn/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): [koːn]
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): [koʊ̯n]
- Hyphenation: koon
- Rhymes: -oːn
Noun[edit]
koon c (plural konen, diminutive koontje n)
- (dated in most contexts) cheek
- Synonym: wang
- 1880, Antony Winkler Prins, Waarom:
- Ik zie, dat op haar zachte koon
Ook frisse lenterozen bloeien,- I see that on her soft cheek
Fresh spring-roses blossom too,
- I see that on her soft cheek
- (obsolete) gill or jaw (of a fish)
- Synonym: kieuw
Usage notes[edit]
- The sense "cheek" is still not uncommonly encountered in spoken language, particularly in the plural and the diminutive and in the expression rode konen (or rode koontjes), meaning "ruddy/rosy cheeks".
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “koon”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Finnish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
koon
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
koon
Anagrams[edit]
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Romanization[edit]
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