huon

Abau

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu.on/

Noun

huon class I gender f

  1. wild fowl

References

  • Lock, Arnold Hugo. 2011. Abau Grammar. Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages 57. Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL-PNG Academic Publications. Available online.
    • p.165, Ex. 45 (used as an example)
    • p.410 (feminine gender noted in the narrative)
    • p.420, Table 21 (listed under Class 1, Feminine)

Middle High German

Etymology

    Inherited from Old High German huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈhuo̯n/

    Noun

    huon n

    1. hen

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Hue
    • Central Franconian: Hohn, Huhn (southern Moselle Franconian), Honn (Aachen)
    • Cimbrian: huun
    • German: Huhn
    • Luxembourgish: Hong
    • Yiddish: הון (hun)