"tun" meaning in Welsh

See tun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɨ̞n/ [North-Wales], /tɪn/ [South-Wales] Forms: tuniau [plural], tunnau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tun [error-unrecognized-form], dun [soft], nhun [error-unrecognized-form], thun [error-unrecognized-form], tyn [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɨ̞n Etymology: Borrowed from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną. Etymology templates: {{bor+|cy|en|tin}} Borrowed from English tin, {{der|cy|enm|tin}} Middle English tin, {{der|cy|ang|tin}} Old English tin, {{der|cy|gmw-pro|*tin}} Proto-West Germanic *tin, {{der|cy|gem-pro|*tiną}} Proto-Germanic *tiną Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|tuniau|pl2=tunnau}} tun m (plural tuniau or tunnau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. tin (metal) Tags: masculine Synonyms: alcam, ystaen
    Sense id: en-tun-cy-noun-hVdmU81J Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Metals Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Metals: 50 50
  2. tin (metal container), tin can Tags: masculine Synonyms: can
    Sense id: en-tun-cy-noun-C-8GM-e9 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Chemical elements, Containers, Metals Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Chemical elements: 40 60 Disambiguation of Containers: 8 92 Disambiguation of Metals: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agorwr tuniau (english: tin opener, can opener), bwyd tun (english: tinned food, canned food), ffol tun (english: tinfoil), ffrwythau tun (english: tinned fruit, canned fruit), ïon tun (english: tin ion), mwynglawdd tun (english: tin mine), mwyn tun (english: tin ore), snipiwr tun (english: tinsnips), tun cacen (english: cake tin), tun cacennau bach (english: cake tray), tun ocsid (english: tun oxide), tun pobi (english: baking tin), tun te (english: tea caddy), tun teisen (english: cake tin), tun teisennau bach (english: cake tray), tunio (english: to tin)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tin opener, can opener",
      "translation": "tin opener, can opener",
      "word": "agorwr tuniau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tinned food, canned food",
      "translation": "tinned food, canned food",
      "word": "bwyd tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tinfoil",
      "translation": "tinfoil",
      "word": "ffol tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tinned fruit, canned fruit",
      "translation": "tinned fruit, canned fruit",
      "word": "ffrwythau tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tin ion",
      "translation": "tin ion",
      "word": "ïon tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tin mine",
      "translation": "tin mine",
      "word": "mwynglawdd tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tin ore",
      "translation": "tin ore",
      "word": "mwyn tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tinsnips",
      "translation": "tinsnips",
      "word": "snipiwr tun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cake tin",
      "translation": "cake tin",
      "word": "tun cacen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cake tray",
      "translation": "cake tray",
      "word": "tun cacennau bach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tun oxide",
      "translation": "tun oxide",
      "word": "tun ocsid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "baking tin",
      "translation": "baking tin",
      "word": "tun pobi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tea caddy",
      "translation": "tea caddy",
      "word": "tun te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cake tin",
      "translation": "cake tin",
      "word": "tun teisen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cake tray",
      "translation": "cake tray",
      "word": "tun teisennau bach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to tin",
      "translation": "to tin",
      "word": "tunio"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "tin"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English tin",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tin",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tiną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tiną",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tuniau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nhun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "tuniau",
        "pl2": "tunnau"
      },
      "expansion": "tun m (plural tuniau or tunnau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "tin (metal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tun-cy-noun-hVdmU81J",
      "links": [
        [
          "tin",
          "tin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alcam"
        },
        {
          "word": "ystaen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Chemical elements",
          "orig": "cy:Chemical elements",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "cy:Containers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "tin (metal container), tin can"
      ],
      "id": "en-tun-cy-noun-C-8GM-e9",
      "links": [
        [
          "tin",
          "tin"
        ],
        [
          "tin can",
          "tin can"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "can"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɨ̞n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨ̞n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tun"
}
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    "Pages with 34 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞n",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞n/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms borrowed from English",
    "Welsh terms derived from English",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle English",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old English",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "cy:Chemical elements",
    "cy:Containers",
    "cy:Metals"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "tin opener, can opener",
      "translation": "tin opener, can opener",
      "word": "agorwr tuniau"
    },
    {
      "english": "tinned food, canned food",
      "translation": "tinned food, canned food",
      "word": "bwyd tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "tinfoil",
      "translation": "tinfoil",
      "word": "ffol tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "tinned fruit, canned fruit",
      "translation": "tinned fruit, canned fruit",
      "word": "ffrwythau tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "tin ion",
      "translation": "tin ion",
      "word": "ïon tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "tin mine",
      "translation": "tin mine",
      "word": "mwynglawdd tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "tin ore",
      "translation": "tin ore",
      "word": "mwyn tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "tinsnips",
      "translation": "tinsnips",
      "word": "snipiwr tun"
    },
    {
      "english": "cake tin",
      "translation": "cake tin",
      "word": "tun cacen"
    },
    {
      "english": "cake tray",
      "translation": "cake tray",
      "word": "tun cacennau bach"
    },
    {
      "english": "tun oxide",
      "translation": "tun oxide",
      "word": "tun ocsid"
    },
    {
      "english": "baking tin",
      "translation": "baking tin",
      "word": "tun pobi"
    },
    {
      "english": "tea caddy",
      "translation": "tea caddy",
      "word": "tun te"
    },
    {
      "english": "cake tin",
      "translation": "cake tin",
      "word": "tun teisen"
    },
    {
      "english": "cake tray",
      "translation": "cake tray",
      "word": "tun teisennau bach"
    },
    {
      "english": "to tin",
      "translation": "to tin",
      "word": "tunio"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "en",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tin"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tin",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "tin"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tuniau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tunnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nhun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thun",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "tuniau",
        "pl2": "tunnau"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tin (metal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tin",
          "tin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alcam"
        },
        {
          "word": "ystaen"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tin (metal container), tin can"
      ],
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        [
          "tin",
          "tin"
        ],
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          "tin can"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "can"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɨ̞n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨ̞n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tun"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tun meaning in Welsh (3.8kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: tun/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "tun"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tun",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: tun/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "tun"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: tun/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "tun",
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}

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