sunn
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Hindi सुनई (suna'ī)
Noun
sunn (uncountable)
- Crotalaria juncea, an East Indian leguminous plant yielding a fiber.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sunn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”). Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.
References
- “sunn” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna. Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.
References
- “sunn” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna. Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.
References
- “sunn” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
sunn (neuter singular sunt, definite singular and plural sunne, comparative sunnere, indefinite superlative sunnest, definite superlative sunneste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- sunnhet
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
sunn (neuter singular sunt, definite singular and plural sunne, comparative sunnare, indefinite superlative sunnast, definite superlative sunnaste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- sunnheit
References
- “sunn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.