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hun.

self

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

pron/hɨːn/North-Wales/hiːn/South-Wales

  1. self

    fy hun
    ei hun

  2. own

    fy ngeiriau fy hun
    ei syniad ei hun
Where this word comes from

Lexicalised h-prothesised form of un.

noun/hɨːn/North-Wales/hiːn/South-Wales

  1. sleep

    feminine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *hʉn, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”).

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