kione

See also: Kione

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom. Compare Scottish Gaelic ceann and Irish ceann.

Pronunciation

  • (Northern) IPA(key): /kʲau̯n/[1]
  • (Southern) IPA(key): /kʲoːn/[1]

Noun

kione m (genitive singular king, plural king)

  1. (anatomy, etc.) head

Derived terms

  • aachione
  • ard-chione
  • kione jiarg
  • kione meshtal
  • kione y woid
  • kione-fenee
  • kione-lettyr
  • kioneys
  • kionfenee

Mutation

Mutation of kione
radical lenition eclipsis
kione chione gione

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 70