toun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === town, towne, tun, tune === Etymology === From Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuːn/ === Noun === toun (plural touns) A town or city; a locally governed settlement, often fortified. A hamlet or village; a rural settlement (conceived as grouped buildings) A farmstead or manor; a rural estate. ==== Descendants ==== English: town, tahn, tawn (Bermuda), toon (Northumbria), toune, towne (obsolete)→ Chichewa: tawuni→ Hawaiian: kaona→ Jersey Dutch: tāun→ Pennsylvania German: Taun→ Japanese: タウン (taun) English: (West Yorkshire) taan English: (Ottawa-Valley) toun, teun Geordie: toon Middle Scots: toun, town, tone Scots: toun, toon Yola: teoune, teoun ==== References ==== “tǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Molbog == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun. === Noun === toun year == Occitan == === Alternative forms === ton === Pronoun === toun m (Mistralian) your == Scots == === Alternative forms === toon toune, town (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tun/ === Noun === toun (plural touns) A town or village. A farm settlement or farmstead.