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3-letter words (3 found)

NUS,SUN,UNS,

2-letter words (3 found)

NU,UN,US,

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sun usn snu nsu uns nus

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Definitions and meaning of sun

sun

Translingual

Symbol

sun

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sundanese.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sŭn, IPA(key): /sʌn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophone: son

Etymology 1

From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)).

Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

Alternative forms

  • (proper noun, star which the Earth revolves around): Sun (capitalized)
  • sonne, sunne (obsolete spelling)

Proper noun

the sun

  2. The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.
Usage notes
  • While the sun by tradition is typically regarded as masculine, the noun itself was originally feminine in grammatical gender.
Translations

Noun

sun (countable and uncountable, plural suns)

  1. (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  2. The light and warmth which is received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.
  3. (figurative) Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
  4. (uncountable, chiefly literary) Sunrise or sunset.
  5. A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
  6. A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
  7. The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
  8. (cartomancy) The thirty-first Lenormand card.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

sun (third-person singular simple present suns, present participle sunning, simple past and past participle sunned)

  1. (transitive) To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
    Synonym: apricate
  2. (transitive) To warm or dry in the sunshine.
  3. (intransitive) To be exposed to the sun.
  4. (intransitive, alternative medicine) To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.
Hypernyms
  • bask
Derived terms
  • sun up
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From Japanese 寸 (sun). Doublet of cun.

Noun

sun (plural suns or sun)

  1. A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).

Etymology 3

Noun

sun (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”)

Further reading

  • sun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “sun”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • 'uns, NUS, UNS, USN, uns

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

sun

  1. trunk (of tree)
Usage notes

Often used in a compound with the name of a tree to indicate that kind of tree.

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).

Noun

sun

  1. fasting (during the month of Ramadan)

Noun

sun

  1. to fast

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • sunn, suun

Etymology

From Middle High German sun, from Old High German sunu, from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”). Cognate with German Sohn, Dutch zoon, English son, Icelandic sonur.

Noun

sun

  1. (Sauris) son

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cimbrian

Noun

sun m

  1. (Tredici Comuni) son

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from sunout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsun]

Noun

sun m inan

  1. slide

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • sun in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sun in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • sun in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsun/, [ˈs̠un]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification(key): sun

Etymology 1

Possibly from etymology 2, originally as a replacement of mun, eroded variant of muin which was reinterpreted as the genitive singular of mä.

Conjunction

sun

  1. (coordinating) A coordinating conjunction expressing generality.

Further reading

  • “sun”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Compare standard sinun (“your, yours”) (genitive singular of sinä).

Pronoun

sun

  1. (colloquial) genitive of sä

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin sonus.

Noun

sun m (plural suns)

  1. sound
  2. music

Synonyms

  • (music): musiche

Related terms

  • sunâ

Hokkien

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sonë.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sun (genitive suu)

  1. he, she, it

See also

Further reading

  • sun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎[2], Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch zoen (“kiss”), from Middle Dutch zoene, soen, soene, swoene (“reconciliation; atonement; kiss”), from Old Dutch *sōna, *swōna (“reconciliation; peace; agreement”), from Proto-Germanic *sōnō, *swōnō (“appeasement; reconciliation; atonement; sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʊn]
  • Hyphenation: sun

Noun

sun (first-person possessive sunku, second-person possessive sunmu, third-person possessive sunnya)

  1. kiss, a touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
    Synonym: ciuman

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Noun

sun

  1. a kiss

Kaingang

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃudn/

Verb

sun

  1. To warm oneself by staying near a fire.

References

Ladin

Preposition

sun

  1. on, over
  2. in

Verb

sun

  1. Alternative form of son

Manchu

Romanization

sun

  1. Romanization of ᠰᡠᠨ

Mandarin

Romanization

sun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of sǔn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of sùn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sun

  1. Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

Etymology 2

Noun

sun

  1. Alternative form of sone (“son”)

Mimi of Nachtigal

Etymology

Similar to (and likely a borrowing of, or possibly the lender of) the word used for water in the "third Mimi" language, Amdang sunu, which in turn is (per Starostin) "most likely cognate with Fur suːn ‘waterhole, well’".

Noun

sun

  1. water

References

  • George Starostin, On Mimi

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian sand, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. Cognates include West Frisian sân.

Noun

sun n (plural sun)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) sand

Derived terms

Okinawan

Verb

sun

  1. Rōmaji transcription of すん

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sonr, sunr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz.

Noun

sun m (nominative plural synær)

  1. son

Descendants

  • Danish: søn

Quiripi

Noun

sun

  1. (Unquachog) stone

References

  • Thomas Jefferson (1791) A vocabulary of the Language of the Unquachog Indians (in Quiripi)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsun/
  • Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

Verb

sun

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of suna

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin sonus, or from the verb suna.

Noun

sun n (plural sunuri)

  1. (obsolete) sound
    Synonym: sunet
Declension

References

  • sun in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen- (“sun”), oblique stem *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌn/, /sɪn/

Noun

sun (plural suns)

  1. sun

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sun˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂun˧˧] ~ [sun˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂʊwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [sʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

sun

  1. (intransitive) To shrink.
  2. (transitive) To pull together.
    sun vai
    to pull one’s shoulders together

References

  • "sun" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *sónna (whence Ashkun són, Kamkata-viri sún, Prasuni sü, sun, Tregami sṓn), a borrowing from Middle Indo-Aryan *sonna, from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvárṇa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sún/

Noun

sun

  1. gold

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • hùn (Ikalẹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sũ̀/

Verb

sùn

  1. to sleep
    Mo sùn gbalaja ― I slept stretched out
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sũ̄/

Verb

sun

  1. to roast
    Synonyms: yan, wì (“to singe”)
    Mo sun ẹran. ― I roasted the meat.
  2. to burn; to set on fire
    Synonyms: jó, jóná, dáná sun
    A máa ń sun òkú nínú àṣà tèmi. ― We cremate the dead in my culture.
    Àwọn jagunjagun ya wọ̀lú, wọ́n sì dáná sun ojúbọ ― The warriors raided the town and set the shrines on fire
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sũ̄/

Verb

sun

  1. to trickle; to flow
Derived terms
  • orísun (“source”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sũ̄/

Verb

sun

  1. (with ẹkún (“tears”)) to cry
    Wọ́n ń sun ẹkún níbi ìsìnkú ― They're crying at the burial ground
  2. to chant
    Ọdẹ ni ó máa ń sun ìjálá, ìyàwó ni ó máa ń sun ẹkún-ìyàwó ― Hunters chant ìjálá, and brides chant the ẹkún-ìyàwó
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sũ̀/

Verb

sùn

  1. to aim; to target
    Ìyẹn ni mò ń fojú sùn lọ́dún tó ń bọ̀ ― That's what I aspire for this coming year
Derived terms
  • àfojúsùn (“goal; target”)

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sṹ/

Verb

sún

  1. to shift; to move
    Sún mọ́ mi. ― Move closer to me.
    Pẹ̀lúmi fẹ́ sún ìpàdé síwájú ― Pelumi wants to postpone the meeting
  2. to nudge; to motivate
    Ó sún mi láti wọ́de ― It motivated me to protest
  3. to prick
    Synonym: gún
    Ẹ̀gún sún mi lọ́wọ́ ― The thorn pricked me
Derived terms
  • sún kì (“to contract; to shrink”)

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sũ̀/

Verb

sùn

  1. to make a complaint
    A ti fẹjọ́ yín sùn wọ́n ― We have reported you to them

Source: wiktionary.org