huno

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι (Khoûnoi) or Χουνοί (Khounoí),[1] borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Xiongnu).[2] More at Huns.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈũ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈu.no/

  • Hyphenation: hu‧no
  • Homophone: uno

Noun

huno m (plural hunos)

  1. Hun (member of an ancient Turkic nomadic tribe)
  2. Hunnic (language of the Huns)

Adjective

huno (feminine huna, masculine plural hunos, feminine plural hunas)

  1. Hunnic (of or relating to the Huns)

References
  1. “huno”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “huno”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Hunnus, from Koine Greek Χοῦνοι (Khoûnoi) or Χουνοί (Khounoí),[1] borrowed through Middle Iranian, apparently ultimately from Turkic *Hun-yü, the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Xiongnu).[2] More at Huns.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuno/ [ˈu.no]
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Syllabification: hu‧no
  • Homophone: uno

Adjective

huno (feminine huna, masculine plural hunos, feminine plural hunas)

  1. (relational) Hun

Derived terms

Noun

huno m (plural hunos, feminine huna, feminine plural hunas)

  1. Hun

References
  1. “huno”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “huno”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

huno

  1. h-prothesized form of uno

Etymology 2

From hun (“sleep”) +‎ -o.

Verb

huno (first-person singular present hunaf, not mutable)

  1. sleep
    Synonym: cysgu
  2. (euphemistic) to pass away, to die
    Synonym: marw
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future hunaf huni hun, huna hunwn hunwch hunant hunir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 hunwn hunit hunai hunem hunech hunent hunid
preterite hunais hunaist hunodd hunasom hunasoch hunasant hunwyd
pluperfect hunaswn hunasit hunasai hunasem hunasech hunasent hunasid, hunesid
present subjunctive hunwyf hunych huno hunom hunoch hunont huner
imperative — hun, huna huned hunwn hunwch hunent huner
verbal noun huno
verbal adjectives hunedig
hunadwy
Derived terms

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

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
uno unchanged unchanged huno
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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