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 13^th CE) /ˈhuo̯n/

Noun

huon n

1. hen

Declension

Declension of huon (strong neuter with plural in -er)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	huon	diu	hüener
genitive	eines	dës	huones	dër	hüener
dative	eime	dëm	huone	dën	hüenern
accusative	ein	daȥ	huon	diu	hüener

Descendants

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

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *huan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hwón]
• Hyphenation: huon

Verb

huón (stem II huòn)

1. (transitive) to cook

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 84
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 164