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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Sundanese or Sundanese Sunda.

Symbol

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sun

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

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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 (svàr), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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the sun

The Sun, photographed by Skylab 4.
  2. The star that is closest to the Earth.
Translations
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See sun/translations § Proper noun.

Noun

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sun (countable and uncountable, plural suns)

  1. (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
    • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Haestrom Codex entry:
      Because Haestrom's sun has overwhelmed the planet's protective magnetosphere, humans foolhardy enough to venture into geth-controlled Haestrom must exercise extreme caution. Minutes of radiation exposure will overload shields and hours of exposure will kill.
  2. The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight.
    • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
      Lambs that did frisk in the sun.
    • 1835, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Knight of Provençe, and His Proposal”, in Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes. […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book II (The Revolution), page 184:
      His fair hair waved long and freely over a white and unwrinkled forehead: the life of a camp and the suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion, which retained much of the bloom of youth.
  3. (figurative) Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
  4. (uncountable, chiefly literary) Sunrise or sunset.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 381, columns 1–2:
      Imo[gen]. […] Prythee ſpeake, / How many ſtore of Miles may we well rid / Twixt houre, and houre? / Piſ[anio]. One ſcore 'twixt Sun, and Sun, / Madam's enough for you: and too much too. / Imo[gen]. Why, one that rode to's Excution Man, / Could neuer go ſo ſlow: […]
    • 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Discontents, Cares, Miseries, &c. causes”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 3, subsection 10, page 110:
      [W]hileſt many an hunger-ſtarved poore creature pines in the ſtreet, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from Sun to Sun, ſick and ill, weary, full of paine and griefe, is in great diſtreſſe and ſorrow of heart.
    • 1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, published 1873, page 357:
      I love these sons of earth every mother's son of them, with their great hearty hearts rushing tumultuously in herds from spectacle to spectacle, as if fearful lest there should not be time between sun and sun to see them all, and the sun does not wait more than in haying-time.
    • 1962, Harry S. Truman, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, page 651:
      You see, the President has five jobs, any one of which would be more than a full-time job for one man; but I have to do all five of them between sun and sun.
    • 1997, Alan Dean Foster, Howling Stones, page 149:
      “Tomorrow at first sun.” Not being much of a morning person, she winced internally. “First sun?” “It is the proper time, when the flowers of the pohoroh first open to the light.”
  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
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Translations
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See sun/translations § Noun.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.
    Synonym: apricate
    Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.
    • 2000, William Laurance, Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist:
      There were lots of zany antics and we tried not to stare too obviously at the beautiful women toplessly sunning themselves...
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
  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
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Translations
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See sun/translations § Verb.

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Etymology 2

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From Japanese 寸 (sun). Doublet of cun.

Noun

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sun (plural suns or sun)

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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sun (uncountable)

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

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Anagrams

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Bambara

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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sun

  1. trunk (of tree)
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Often used in a compound with the name of a tree to indicate that kind of tree.

Etymology 2

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

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sun

  1. fasting (during the month of Ramadan)

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sun

  1. to fast

Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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sun

  1. (Sauris) son

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Cimbrian

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Noun

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sun m

  1. (Tredici Comuni) son

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

Czech

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Etymology

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Deverbal from sunout.

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Noun

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sun m inan

  1. slide

Declension

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Declension of sun (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative sun suny
genitive sunu sunů
dative sunu sunům
accusative sun suny
vocative sune suny
locative sunu sunech
instrumental sunem suny
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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

    Conjunction

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    sun

    1. (coordinating) A coordinating conjunction expressing generality.
      En nyt jouda, kun tässä on sitä sun tätä tekemistä.
      I don't have time for that because I have this and that to do (miscellaneous stuff/things to do).
      Lautanen oli täynnä makaroonilaatikkoa, makkaraa, salaattia, perunamuussia sun muuta pöperöä.
      The plate was full of macaroni casserole, sausage, salad, mashed potatoes and other grub.

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    Etymology 2

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

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      sun

      1. (colloquial) genitive singular of sä

      Friulian

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      Etymology

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      From Latin sonus.

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      sun m (plural suns)

      1. sound
      2. music

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      Hokkien

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      For pronunciation and definitions of sun – see 孫 (“grandchild; grandson; etc.”).
      (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 孫).

      Inari Sami

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Samic *sonë.

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      This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

      Pronoun

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      sun (genitive suu)

      1. he, she, it

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      Inari Sami personal pronouns
      singular dual plural
      1st person mun muoi mij
      2nd person tun tuoi tij
      3rd person sun suoi sij

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      • sun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022), Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎[4], Tromsø: UiT
      • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

      Indonesian

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      Etymology

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      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”).

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

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      sun (plural sun-sun)

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

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      Italian

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      Etymology

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      From su.

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      sun

      1. (poetic, rare) alternative form of su used before a vowel
        • mid 13th century–1280s, Ricordano Malispini, “Come Catellino e sua gente sconfissano e amazorono Fiorino; e della venuta di Giulio Cesare con l’oste de’ romani [How Catiline and his people defeated and killed Fiorinus; and of the arrival of Julius Caesar with the Roman host]” (chapter 16), in Istoria antica‎[6]; republished as Istoria antica di Ricordano Malespini gentil'uomo fiorentino dall’edificazione di Fiorenza insino all'anno MCCLXXXI, con l'aggiunta di Giachetto suo nipote dal detto anno per insino al 1286, Florence: Stamperia Giunti, 1568, page 9:
          […] preſſo a monte Giulio Ceſare ſi puoſe la milizia di Magrino […] , & in ſun’unaltro monte preſſo a quello […]
          [ […] presso a Monte Giulio Cesare si puose la milizia di Magrino […] ; e in sun un altro monte, presso a quello […] ]
          […] Macrinus' force was stationed near Mount Julius Caesar […] ; and, on another mountain, near that one […]

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      • sun in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

      Japanese

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      Romanization

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      sun

      1. Rōmaji transcription of すん

      Javanese

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      Noun

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      sun

      1. a kiss

      Kaingang

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      FWOTD – 12 May 2013

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      sun

      1. To warm oneself by staying near a fire.[1]

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      1. ^ Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011), “sun”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 83

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      Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvárṇa).

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      sun m (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[1][2]

      1. gold

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      1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “s′un”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
      2. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

      Ladin

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      Preposition

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      sun

      1. on, over
      2. in

      Verb

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      sun

      1. alternative form of son

      Manchu

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      Romanization

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      sun

      1. romanization of ᠰᡠᠨ

      Mandarin

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      Romanization

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      sun

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

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      • 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.

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      sun

      1. alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

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      Noun

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      sun

      1. alternative form of sone (“son”)

      Mimi of Nachtigal

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      Etymology

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      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”).

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      sun

      1. water

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      • George Starostin, On Mimi

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

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      sun n

      1. (Föhr-Amrum) sand

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      sun m (plural sunen)

      1. (Föhr-Amrum) sandbank, sandy area, sands

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      Old Danish

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      Etymology

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

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      sun m (nominative plural synær)

      1. son

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      sun

      1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of son

      Quiripi

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      Noun

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      sun

      1. (Unquachog) stone

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

      Romanian

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      sun

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

      Etymology 2

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      Probably from Latin sonus, or from the verb suna.

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      sun n (plural sunuri)

      1. (obsolete) sound
        Synonym: sunet
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      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative sun sunul sunuri sunurile
      genitive-dative sun sunului sunuri sunurilor
      vocative sunule sunurilor

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      Etymology

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      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”).

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      sun (plural suns)

      1. sun

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      Vietnamese

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      sun

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

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      Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvárṇa).

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      sun (Nisheigram)[1]

      1. gold

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      1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “sun”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]

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      sùn

      1. to sleep
        Mo sùn gbalaja ― I slept stretched out
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      Yoruba varieties and languages: sùn (“to sleep”)
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      Language familyVariety groupVariety/languageSubdialectLocationWords
      Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÀoÌdóànírhùn
      Eastern ÀkókóÀkùngbáÀkùngbá Àkókósùn
      ṢúpárèṢúpárè Àkókósùn
      Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdesù
      Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́sù
      Ìkòròdúsù
      Ṣágámùsù
      Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupahùn
      Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)Mahinhùn
      OǹdóOǹdósùn
      UsẹnUsẹnhùn
      ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹsùn
      Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìsùn
      Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́sùn
      Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìsùn
      Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàsùn
      Ẹ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútasùn
      ÈkóÈkósùn
      ÌbàdànÌbàdànsùn
      ÌlọrinÌlọrinsùn
      OǹkóÒtùsùn
      Ìwéré Ilésùn
      Òkèhòsùn
      Ìsẹ́yìnsùn
      Ṣakísùn
      Tedésùn
      Ìgbẹ́tìsùn
      Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́sùn
      Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàsùn
      Bɛ̀nɛ̀sùn
      Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóhùn
      OwéKabbahùn
      Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpárésũ̀
      Atakpamɛsũ̀
      Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)sũ̀
      Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
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      Etymology 2

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        sun

        2. to roast
          Synonyms: yan, wì (“to singe”)
          Mo sun ẹran. ― I roasted the meat.
        4. 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
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        Yoruba varieties and languages: sun (“to roast, burn”)
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        Language familyVariety groupVariety/languageSubdialectLocationWords
        Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdesu
        Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́su
        Ìkòròdúsu
        Ṣágámùsu
        Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupahọn
        UsẹnUsẹnhọn
        OlùkùmiUgbódùhọ́n
        Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìsụn
        Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́sụn
        Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìsụn
        Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàsun
        ÈkóÈkósun
        ÌbàdànÌbàdànsun
        ÌlọrinÌlọrinsun
        Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́sun
        Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàsun
        Bɛ̀nɛ̀sun
        Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbahun
        Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
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        Etymology 3

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        sun

        1. to trickle; to flow
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        sun

        2. (with ẹkún (“tears”)) to cry
          Wọ́n ń sun ẹkún níbi ìsìnkú ― They're crying at the burial ground
        3. 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
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        Yoruba varieties and languages: sun (“to cry”)
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        Language familyVariety groupVariety/languageSubdialectLocationWords
        Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdesọ
        Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́sọ
        Ìkòròdúsọ
        Ṣágámùsọ
        Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupahun
        Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)Mahinhun
        UsẹnUsẹnhọn
        ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹsọ, sọn
        OlùkùmiUgbódùhọ́n
        Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìsụn
        Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́sụn
        Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìsụn
        Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàsun
        ÈkóÈkósun
        ÌbàdànÌbàdànsun
        ÌlọrinÌlọrinsun
        Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́sun
        Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàsun
        Bɛ̀nɛ̀sun
        Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóhu
        OwéKabbahun
        Ede languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpárésɔ
        Atakpamɛsɔ
        Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)sɔ
        Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
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        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
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        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
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        sùn

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