"seun" meaning in Afrikaans

See seun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /seøn/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-seun.wav Forms: seuns [plural], seuntjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From dialectal Dutch zeun (standard zoon), from Middle Dutch sone, suene, from Old Dutch *sunu, suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|zeun}} Dutch zeun, {{inh|af|dum|sone}} Middle Dutch sone, {{inh|af|odt|*sunu}} Old Dutch *sunu, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*sunuz}} Proto-Germanic *sunuz, {{inh|af|ine-pro|*suHnús}} Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|seuns|||||diminutive|seuntjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} seun (plural seuns, diminutive seuntjie), {{af-noun|s|seuntjie}} seun (plural seuns, diminutive seuntjie)
  1. son Categories (topical): Male
    Sense id: en-seun-af-noun-mKpmdUgl Disambiguation of Male: 50 50 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 16 9 11 3 3 3 17 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 9 11 4 4 4 17 9 11
  2. boy Categories (topical): Male Synonyms: seunskind
    Sense id: en-seun-af-noun-zGp3hATq Disambiguation of Male: 50 50 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 16 9 11 3 3 3 17 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 9 11 4 4 4 17 9 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Family
Disambiguation of Family: 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
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        "17": "",
        "18": "",
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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
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    },
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