uon

See also: uôn, uốn, and u-on

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse ván. Cognate with Faroese vón and Icelandic von.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ũɵːn]
    Rhymes: -ũoːn

Noun

uon f (indeclinable)[1]

  1. hope, expectation, consolation
    dşäv mig nogų uon!
    Give me some hope!
    eð ir it inggų uon
    there is no hope
    int åvå uon i
    to not have the stomach to
    sjǫ sig nogų uon
    to have hope
    åvå uon i
    to feel like
    ig ar it uon i
    I don't care to

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 579
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