tuin

From Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.

• IPA^(key): /tœi̯n/

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tuin (plural tuine, diminutive tuintjie)

1. A garden, yard.

From Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom.

• IPA^(key): /tœy̯n/

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• Hyphenation: tuin
• Rhymes: -œy̯n

tuin m (plural tuinen, diminutive tuintje n)

1. a garden, yard
2. (regional, dated) an enclosure, fence or hedge

• Afrikaans: tuin
• Berbice Creole Dutch: tun
• Skepi Creole Dutch: tun

tuin

1. instructive plural of tuki

tuin

1. first-person singular past indicative of tukea

• nuti, tiun

Perhaps from English tune, in which case a doublet of tiúin.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɪnʲ/

tuin f (genitive singular tuine, nominative plural tuineacha)

1. accent

   Synonym: blas

   tuin iasachta ― foreign accent

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN