different between awn vs gawn

English

Etymology

From Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, agene, from Old Danish aghn (compare modern Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *agan?, *ahan? (“chaff”) (compare Old English ægnan, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *a?an? (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ?????? (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ?????? (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit ???? (a?áni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”). More at edge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Homophone: on (US, Southern) (US, Midland American English) (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

awn (plural awns)

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

Translations

Anagrams

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.un/, /au?n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

Portuguese

Interjection

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (first-person singular conditional): elwn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au?n/

Verb

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

Corrupted from gallon.

Noun

gawn (plural gawns)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.

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Etymology 2

Corrupted from going.

Verb

gawn

1. (pronunciation spelling) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.
   • 1841, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 8:

     I'm no used to your grandees, and I'm no gawn to begin to learn fashionable mainners noo — so dinna ask me — I'm no gawn to mak a fule o' mysel' at this time o' day.

   • 2007, Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings, page 110:

     Agnes came in dressed in nightgown and curlers. “Are we still gawn to the church bingo the night? I told Bessie I'd be gawn.”

   • 2014, Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep, page 3:

     “Ah'm gawn to tear yore skin off with this here whip,” came the guttural voice from behind him. “Then ah'm gawn to rub salt in the cuts an' leave you hyar on the floor.”

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, Wang, g'wan, gnaw, gwan, wang

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?au?n/

Noun

gawn

1. Soft mutation of cawn.

Verb

gawn

1. Soft mutation of cawn.

Mutation