different between awn vs mawn

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: môn, IPA^(key): /m??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

mawn (plural mawns)

1. (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.
2. A ghost.

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *m?ni- (compare Irish móin).

Noun

mawn m pl (singulative mawnen)

1. peat

Derived terms

• mawnbwll (“peat-pit”)
• mawndir (“peaty land”)
• mawnog (“peat-bog”)

Mutation

Etymology 2

Verb

mawn

1. Nasal mutation of bawn.

Mutation

Yola

Noun

mawn

1. Alternative form of mawen

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)