"fon" meaning in Cornish

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Noun

IPA: /foːn/ [Cornish, Late], /fɔːn/ [Middle-Cornish] Forms: fons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English phone. Etymology templates: {{bor|kw|en|phone}} English phone Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|fons|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=m|head=}} fon m (plural fons), {{kw-noun|m|fons}} fon m (plural fons)
  1. telephone, phone Tags: masculine Synonyms: pellgewsell, pellgowser Derived forms: fonya (english: to phone) [verb]
    Sense id: en-fon-kw-noun-x0EbY6OK Categories (other): Telephony Disambiguation of Telephony: 72 13 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /foːn/ [Cornish, Late], /fɔːn/ [Middle-Cornish]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nl}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|kw|vf}} fon
  1. inflection of fonya:
    third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
    Tags: form-of Form of: fonya
    Sense id: en-fon-kw-verb-s~1mpdGE Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 6 71 23
  2. inflection of fonya:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: fonya
    Sense id: en-fon-kw-verb-0vaSRvbD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English phone.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "pellgewsell"
        },
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          "word": "pellgowser"
        }
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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          "word": "pellgewsell"
        },
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          "word": "pellgowser"
        }
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      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/fɔːn/",
      "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "fon"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fon"
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