awn

awn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awngi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Awngi terms

Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Homophones: en (cot–caught merger); on (Southern US, Midland US or cot–caught merger)

awn (plural awns)

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
   • 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:

     In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.un/, /au̯n/

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

   Awn, você é tão fofo!

   Aw, you're so cute!

awn

1. (obsolete) alternative form of ain

• “awn, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

• elwn (first person singular subjunctive and conditional)

• IPA^(key): /au̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative