woon

English

Etymology 1

Burmese ဝန် (wan, “burden; responsibility; administrative officer”).

Noun

woon (plural woons)

  1. (obsolete) A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
References

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

woon

  1. (obsolete) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) dwelling; wone

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “woon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋoːn/
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  • Hyphenation: woon
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wone.

Noun

woon f (uncountable)

  1. domicile, residence, home, abode (place of living)
  2. residence, inhabiting (state of residing)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

woon

  1. inflection of wonen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Tlingit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

woon

  1. maggot

Further reading
  • Twitchell, X̱ʼunei Lance (2020) Tlingit Online Dictionary, Juneau, Alaska: Independently published, supported by Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast, →ISBN
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