tún
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish *dunum, *dūnom, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).
Noun
tún n (genitive singular túns, plural tún)
Declension
Declension of tún | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tún | túnið | tún | túnini |
accusative | tún | túnið | tún | túnini |
dative | túni | túninum | túnum | túnunum |
genitive | túns | túnsins | túna | túnanna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish *dunum, *dūnom, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Cognate with Danish tun (“enclosed area”), Norwegian Nynorsk tun (“farmstead; courtyard”), English town, German Zaun (“fence”), Dutch tuin (“garden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰuːn/
- Rhymes: -uːn
Declension
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tún | túnið | tún | túnin |
accusative | tún | túnið | tún | túnin |
dative | túni | túninu | túnum | túnunum |
genitive | túns | túnsins | túna | túnanna |
Mandarin
Romanization
tún (Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄣˊ)
- Pinyin transcription of 回
- Pinyin transcription of 坉
- Pinyin transcription of 屯
- Pinyin transcription of 忳
- Pinyin transcription of 敤
- Pinyin transcription of 沉
- Pinyin transcription of 燆
- Pinyin transcription of 穻
- Pinyin transcription of 紓
- Pinyin transcription of 纫
- Pinyin transcription of 肪
- Pinyin transcription of 臀
- Pinyin transcription of 臋
- Pinyin transcription of 芚
- Pinyin transcription of 訰
- Pinyin transcription of 豘
- Pinyin transcription of 豚
- Pinyin transcription of 軘
- Pinyin transcription of 逐
- Pinyin transcription of 霕
- Pinyin transcription of 飩, 饨
- Pinyin transcription of 魨
- Pinyin transcription of 鲀
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”), from Gaulish *dūnon, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold”). Cognate with Old English tūn, Old Frisian tūn, Old Saxon tūn, Old High German zūn. See also Proto-Slavic *tynъ (“fence”), which is a borrowing from the Proto-Germanic word. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈtuːn/
Noun
tún n (genitive túns, plural tún)
- a hedged plot, enclosure, courtyard, homestead
- Sigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana III, verse 29, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 147:
- […] ok gullu víð / gæss í túni.
- […] and in the court / the geese loudly screamed.
- Sigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana III, verse 29, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 147:
- a field or meadow around the dwelling
Declension
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tún | túnit | tún | túnin |
accusative | tún | túnit | tún | túnin |
dative | túni | túninu | túnum | túnunum |
genitive | túns | túnsins | túna | túnanna |
Derived terms
- muntún (“breast”)
- reikartún (“head”)
- túnannir (“haymaking in the home-field”)
- túnbrekka (“edge of the home-field”)
- túngarðr (“fence of the home-field”)
- túngǫltr (“home-field boar”)
- túnhlið (“court-gate”)
- túnriða (“witch, ghost”)
- túnsvið (“sapace of home-field”)
- túnsvín (“home-field boar”)
- túnvǫllr (“strip of home-field”)
Descendants
References
- tún in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- tún in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.