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From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).
kun (uncountable)
kun (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
- if, unless
- Synonym: komo
Kun may dudumanon ka, maiba lugod ako saimo.
- If you're going somewhere, I'll come with you then.
kun (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
- when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if
- Synonym: pag
Kun mabanggi na, nagluluwas man an mga bituon.
- When the night comes, the stars come out also.
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Older ikkun, a contraction of Old Danish ække uten (“nothing but”), from Old Norse ekki (“not”) and útan (“without, except”).
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- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative of kunnen
Kun jij iets doen voor mij?
- Can you do something for me?
- As is usual in Dutch, the -t is dropped when the pronoun jij / je immediately follows the verb. However, unlike for all other verbs (except zullen), the form that results is not identical to the first-person singular, which is kan. The form kan is also frequently used, by analogy with regular verbs, but it may be considered nonstandard by some.
Ultimately from Latin cum. Compare Italian con, Spanish con, Portuguese com.
kun
- in the company of, with
- in addition to
- characteristic considered separately from the whole
1961, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro esperanta:
Vorto dirita en ĝusta tempo estas kiel oraj pomoj kun arĝentaj ŝeloj.
- A word said at the right time is like golden apples with silver skins.
The singular instructive case of kuka. Originally a lesser used variant of kuin; modern differences between the two were introduced when the language was standardized.
kun
- when, as, while (temporal: at the same time or instant that)
Sain viestisi, kun olin jo matkalla lentokentälle.
- I got your message when I was already on my way to the airport.
Hän ilmestyi antamaan ohjeita, kun olin jo saanut työn valmiiksi.
- He showed up to give instructions when I had already finished the job.
- as soon as, once; expresses that the event of the main clause takes place immediately after that of the subclause, often used with the clitic -han
Tulen tapaamaan sinua, kun(han) saan tämän valmiiksi.
- I will come to see you as soon as I finish this job.
- as, because, since (considering that)
Hän menetti työpaikkansa, kun tuli aina myöhässä.
- She lost her job because she was always late.
En voi tulla huomenna, minulla kun on aamuvuoro.
- I cannot come tomorrow as I have the morning shift.
- Synonym of kunpa
kun
- (relative, colloquial) that, who, which, where
- “kun”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
For pronunciation and definitions of kun – see 跟 (“heel; to follow; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 跟).
kun (plural kunok)
- Cuman (member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kun | kunok |
accusative | kunt | kunokat |
dative | kunnak | kunoknak |
instrumental | kunnal | kunokkal |
causal-final | kunért | kunokért |
translative | kunná | kunokká |
terminative | kunig | kunokig |
essive-formal | kunként | kunokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kunban | kunokban |
superessive | kunon | kunokon |
adessive | kunnál | kunoknál |
illative | kunba | kunokba |
sublative | kunra | kunokra |
allative | kunhoz | kunokhoz |
elative | kunból | kunokból |
delative | kunról | kunokról |
ablative | kuntól | kunoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kuné | kunoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kunéi | kunokéi |
Possessive forms of kun | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kunom | kunjaim |
2nd person sing. | kunod | kunjaid |
3rd person sing. | kunja | kunjai |
1st person plural | kununk | kunjaink |
2nd person plural | kunotok | kunjaitok |
3rd person plural | kunjuk | kunjaik |
- kun in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
kun
- with
Ilu iris kun elu a la parko.
- He went with her to the park.
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Borrowed from Hokkien 裙 (kûn, “skirt”).
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- Nonstandard spelling of kūn.
- Nonstandard spelling of kǔn.
- Nonstandard spelling of kùn.
- 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.
kun
- Alternative form of kyn
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- to be enough; to be sufficient
kun f
From Proto-Cushitic *kum-.
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- “kun” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
Southeastern Tepehuan
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kuna.
kun (third person singular possession kunaaꞌn)
- R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 115
kun
- Romanization of 𒆲 (kun)
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkun/ [ˈkun̪]
- Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: kun
kun (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
kun (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | кун |
Latin | kun |
Perso-Arabic | کون |
From Chagatai کون (kün, “sun, day”), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).
kun (plural kunlar)
kun (nominative plural kuns)
- cow
1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:
Hifeilan at dalabom jevodis tel e kunis deg.
- This farmer owns two horses and ten cows.
- kunül (“cow calf, female calf”)
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Borrowed from Irish cun (“stoutness, thickness”).
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- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 51