Wiktionary

lun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lun"

Translingual

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Symbol

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lun

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

English

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Noun

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lun (plural luns)

  1. (Newfoundland, UK regional) Alternative form of lown
    • 1958, Michael Harrington, Sea Stories from Newfoundland:
      He had no alternative to the slim chance of safety offered by the ‘lun’ of Cat Harbour, Northern Island.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lun f

  1. genitive plural of luna

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse lygn (“calm”).

Adjective

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lun

  1. warm, mild
  2. cosy, snug
Inflection
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Inflection of lun
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular lun lunere lunest2
Indefinite neuter singular lunt lunere lunest2
Plural lune lunere lunest2
Definite attributive1 lune lunere luneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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lun

  1. imperative of lune

Gothic

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Romanization

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lun

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌿𐌽

Mandarin

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Romanization

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lun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lún.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǔn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lùn.
  5. Nonstandard spelling of lǘn.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian lond, which derives from Proto-Germanic *landą. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian lönj and West Frisian lân.

Noun

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lun n (plural lunen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) land

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse logn.

Adjective

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lun (masculine and feminine lun, neuter lunt, definite singular and plural lune, comparative lunere, indefinite superlative lunest, definite superlative luneste)

  1. cosy, snug, sheltered (house, room, valley etc.)
  2. comfortable, genial, warm (person, room, weather)
  3. good-natured, pleasant, quiet (person)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse logn.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lun (neuter lunt, definite singular and plural lune, comparative lunare, indefinite superlative lunast, definite superlative lunaste)

  1. cosy, snug, sheltered (house, room, valley etc.)
  2. comfortable, genial, warm (person, room, weather)
  3. good-natured, pleasant, quiet (person)

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  • “lun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “lun”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lún

  1. genitive dual/plural of lúna

Somali

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Verb

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lun

  1. to lose

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lun m

  1. Soft mutation of llun.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llun lun unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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