zun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zun"

Translingual

Symbol

zun

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Zuni.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Zuni terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʌn]

Noun

zun (plural zuns)

1. (nonstandard, UK) Pronunciation spelling of sun.
   • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century:

     Zome woys avore the zun is down,
     So long’s the sky is clear;

   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire:

     GOOD bwye ta thee Cot! whaur tha dâs o’ my childhood
     Glaw’d bright as tha zun in a mornin o’ mâ;

Etymology 2

a zun with taotie dating to the Shang dynasty

Romanized from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 尊 (zūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʊn/, /dzʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊn

Noun

zun (plural zuns or zun)

1. A type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal.

Translations

vessel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樽 (zh) (zūn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• sun, sunn

Etymology

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”). Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.

Noun

zun m (plural zünne)

1. (Sette Comuni) son

Declension

Declension of zun (1st declension)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	zun	de	zünne
accusative	an	in	zun	de	zünne
dative	aname	me	zuune	in	züun

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Friulian

Alternative forms

• ğun (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin jejūnus, from ieiūnus.

Adjective

zun

1. fasting
2. (figurative) lacking

Related terms

• dizun
• zunâ

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuːn/, /tsʊn/

Contraction

zun

1. (obsolete or dialectal) contraction of zu +‎ den; to or for
   • a. 1766, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Leben und Tod des Königs Johann‎^[1], translation of King John by William Shakespeare, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Nicht mehr als der so mir dräuet. Zun Waffen! hinweg!

     No more than he that threats. To arms let's hie!

Japanese

Romanization

zun

1. Rōmaji transcription of ずん

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဇွန်း (jwan:).

Noun

zun

1. spoon

References

• Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 December 2024, pages 91–128

Mandarin

Romanization

zun

1. nonstandard spelling of zūn
2. nonstandard spelling of zǔn
3. nonstandard spelling of zùn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną.

Noun

zūn ?

1. fence
2. enclosure

Descendants

• Middle High German: zūn, zoun
  • Alemannic German: Zuun
  • Central Franconian: Zong, Zung, Zuu, Zoun, Zaun
    • Luxembourgish: Zonk
  • German: Zaun
  • Vilamovian: caojn

Tarifit

Verb

zun (Tifinagh spelling ⵣⵓⵏ)

1. inflection of zu:
   1. third-person masculine plural aorist
   2. third-person masculine plural perfective
   3. third-person masculine plural negative perfective

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”).

Alternative forms

• zūn

Noun

zun m

1. son

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Alternative forms

• zunn

Noun

zun f

1. sun

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *yun. Cognate with Mizo zùn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zùn]
• Hyphenation: zun

Noun

zùn

1. urine

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 22
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 60