koon

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch coon, from Old Dutch *koun, from Proto-West Germanic *kaun (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kauną (“jaw, jawbone, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with West Frisian koan (“cheek”), Old Norse kaun (“sore, abscess”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koːn/ (Belgium) IPA(key): [koːn] (Netherlands) IPA(key): [koʊ̯n] Hyphenation: koon Rhymes: -oːn === Noun === koon f (plural konen, diminutive koontje n) (dated in most contexts) cheek Synonym: wang (obsolete) gill or jaw (of a fish) Synonym: kieuw ==== Usage notes ==== The sense "cheek" is still not uncommonly encountered in spoken language, particularly in the plural and the diminutive and in the expression rode konen (or rode koontjes), meaning "ruddy/rosy cheeks". === References === == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== koon genitive singular of koko === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== koon genitive singular of koo === Anagrams === onko, onko- == Japanese == === Romanization === koon Rōmaji transcription of こおん