tawn

Etymology

Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɔn/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /tɑn/
• Homophone: torn (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)

1. (transitive) To tan, make tawny.

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

1. (rare) A tan.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 5:

     In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.

Anagrams

• Want, wa'n't, want

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tau̯n/

Verb

tawn

1. first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi
2. first-person singular conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)

   (pe) tawn i hapus ― if I were happy