chawn

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Middle English *chane, *chone, from Old English *ċān (“gap, crack, fissure”), related to Old English ċīnan (“to gape, break into chunks”). More at chine.

Noun

chawn (plural chawns)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) A gap, rift, or fissure.
    Synonym: chine

Verb

chawn (third-person singular simple present chawns, present participle chawning, simple past and past participle chawned)

  1. (intransitive) To gape; yawn.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χau̯n/

Noun

chawn

  1. aspirate mutation of cawn

Verb

chawn

  1. aspirate mutation of cawn

Mutation

Mutated forms of cawn
radical soft nasal aspirate
cawn gawn nghawn chawn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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