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cun.

To know.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kʌn//kʊn/Ireland, Northern-England
  1. To know.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.

noun/tsuːn/
  1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Where this word comes from

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

verb/kʌn/
  1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

See conn, cond.

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