onn

See also: önn, ǫnn, õnn, -œnn, and Onn

Translingual

Symbol

onn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Onobasulu.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Onobasulu terms

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *onn, from Proto-Celtic *osnos. Cognate with Breton and Welsh onn.

Noun

onn (collective, singulative nnen f)

1. ash trees

Derived terms

• onn amerikanek (“white ashes”)
• onn manna (“manna ashes”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫnn.

Noun

onn f (definite singular onna, indefinite plural onner, definite plural onnene)

1. bustle
2. perseverance
3. hard farmwork, usually at a specific time of year
4. the time period in which hard farmwork is done

References

• “onn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansh

Alternative forms

• on (Sutsilvan, Vallader)
• an (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

onn m (plural onns)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) year

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ynn

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *onnā (compare Cornish/Breton onn), from Proto-Celtic *osnos (compare Old Irish uinnius), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-(e)no-s (compare English ash, Latin ornus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

onn (plural, singular onnen f)

1. ash trees

Quotations

• c. 1800, “Llwyn Onn [The Ash Grove]”, anonymous lyricist, anonymous composer:

  Yn nyffryn llwyn onn draw mi welais hardd feinwen […]

  In yonder valley of an ash grove I saw a fair maiden […]

Mutation

Mutated forms of onn

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
onn	unchanged	unchanged	honn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “onn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies