hon
See also: hon hon hon and Appendix:Variations of "hon"
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Shortened from honey.
Pronunciation
- enPR: hŭn, IPA(key): /hʌn/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: Hun
Noun
hon (uncountable)
- (used only to address someone) honey, sweetheart (used as a term of endearment)
Anagrams
Breton
Determiner
hon
Czech
Noun
hon m
Usage notes
- While lov may refer to any kind of hunting, hon refers only to those which involve chasing such as of ducks or fox.
Related terms
See also
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hoːn]
Pronoun
hon
Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
Hungarian
Etymology
From the archaic honn (“at home”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhon]
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Audio (file)
Noun
hon (plural honok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hon | honok |
| accusative | hont | honokat |
| dative | honnak | honoknak |
| instrumental | honnal | honokkal |
| causal-final | honért | honokért |
| translative | honná | honokká |
| terminative | honig | honokig |
| essive-formal | honként | honokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | honban | honokban |
| superessive | honon | honokon |
| adessive | honnál | honoknál |
| illative | honba | honokba |
| sublative | honra | honokra |
| allative | honhoz | honokhoz |
| elative | honból | honokból |
| delative | honról | honokról |
| ablative | hontól | honoktól |
| Possessive forms of hon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | honom | honaim |
| 2nd person sing. | honod | honaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hona | honai |
| 1st person plural | honunk | honaink |
| 2nd person plural | honotok | honaitok |
| 3rd person plural | honuk | honaik |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- honi
- hontalan
(Compound words):
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Pronoun
hon (personal pronoun):
- (archaic) she
Declension
Icelandic personal pronouns
| Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
| singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
| accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
| dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
| genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
| plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
| dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra | |
Japanese
Romanization
hon
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːn/
Verb
hōn (3 singular present hēhþ, 3 singular preterite hēng, preterite plural hēngon, past participle ġehangen)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hōn (strong class 7)
| infinitive | hōn | tō hōnne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | hō | hēng |
| 2nd-person singular | hēhst | hēnge |
| 3rd-person singular | hēhþ | hēng |
| plural | hōþ | hēngon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | hō | hēnge |
| plural | hōn | hēngen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | hōh | |
| plural | hōþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| hōnde | ġehangen | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Old French
Noun
hon m
- Alternative form of hom
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.
Pronoun
hōn
Declension
Old Swedish personal pronouns
| first person | second person | reflexive | third person | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | ||||||
| nominative | iak, iæk | þū | — | han | hōn | þæt |
| accusative | mik | þik | sik | han | hana, hōna | þæt |
| dative | mǣr, mik | þǣr, þik | sǣr, sik | hōnum, hānum | hænni | þȳ, þī |
| genitive | mīn | þīn | sīn | hans | hænna(r) | þæs |
| dual | ||||||
| nominative | vit | it | — | — | — | — |
| accusative | oker | *iker | sik | — | — | — |
| dative | oker | *iker | sǣr, sik | — | — | — |
| genitive | okar | *ikar | sīn | — | — | — |
| plural | ||||||
| nominative | vī(r) | ī(r) | — | þē(r) | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
| accusative | os, ōs | iþer | sik | þā | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
| dative | os, ōs | iþer | sǣr, sik | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom |
| genitive | vār | iþar | sīn | þēra | þēra | þēra |
Descendants
- Swedish: hon
Rohingya
Etymology
Cognate with Assamese কোন (kün), Hindi कौन (kaun), Romani kon.
Pronoun
hon
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hōn, from Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʊn/
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Pronoun
hon
Reason
The reason that these nouns are referred to as "she" is that they were of feminine gender in old Swedish noun classification.
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
*Not universally accepted.
Noun
hon
- definite singular of ho
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
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Verb
hon
- to have
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔn/
Pronoun
hon f (masculine hwn, neuter hyn)
Related terms
Zuni
Pronoun
hon
- First person dual subject (medial position)
- we two
- First person plural subject (medial position)
- we (three or more)
Related terms
- ho'na'
- ho'n'aawan
See also
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