lòn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lon"

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̪ˠɔːn/
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /l̪ˠoːn/[1]

Etymology 1

Related to Old Irish loth (“mud; swamp, marsh”) according to MacBain.

Noun

lòn m (genitive singular lòin, plural lòintean)

  1. pool
  2. puddle
  3. meadow, wet meadow, lawn
  4. (Skye) stream, burn (particularly if it marshy banks)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish lón (“provision(s), victuals”), with the shift in meaning towards “lunch” likely influenced by the resemblance to the English word, from Proto-Celtic *lawano- (“provisions”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate”).

Noun

lòn m (genitive singular lòin, plural lòin)

  1. sustenance, provisions, food
  2. (modern) lunch

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 21

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “lòn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *lɔːn (“to enter”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *lun ~ *luən ~ *lən (“to pass, to exceed”). See luồn for more.

Pronunciation

Verb

lòn • (論, 𨅽, 𫐮)

  1. to pass through

Derived terms

  • chui lòn
  • lòn trôn
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