different between hone vs honu

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ho?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Etymology 1

From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English h?n, from Proto-Germanic *hain? (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (kônos, “cone”), Persian ???? (sân, “whetstone”)).

Noun

hone (plural hones)

1. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
2. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

Derived terms

• hone slate
• hone stone

Translations

Verb

hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
3. To refine or master (a skill).
4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

Derived terms

• hone in (on) (proscribed)

Translations

See also

• grit
• sandpaper
• steel
• strop
• swarf

Etymology 2

Cognate with Icelandic hnúður.

Noun

hone (plural hones)

1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Derived terms

• honewort

Etymology 3

French hogner (“to grumble”).

Verb

hone (third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

1. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To grumble.
   • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:

     Such tunges ?huld be torne out by the harde rootes,
     Hoyning like hogges that groynis and wrotes.

2. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.

Etymology 4

Interjection

hone, (synonym for Alas)

Used to express sorrow, or grief

1. • 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 4, page 141

     Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I'll say 't after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “expected form from *hunag? would be *honig, also neuter not masc”)

Noun

hone m

1. (Luserna) honey

References

• “hone” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Japanese

Romanization

hone

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?n, from Proto-Germanic *hain? (“whetstone”).

Noun

hone

1. hone (whetstone)

Alternative forms

• hayn, hoone

Descendants

• English: hone
  • ? Scots: hone, whoon
• Scots: hone

References

• “h?ne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Probably of Celtic origin. Compare Old Irish úan, ón (“loan, lending”) (Irish uain (“loan, time, leisure”)), Scottish Gaelic on, oin (“loan, laziness”).

Noun

hone (uncountable)

1. (Northern, North Midland) delay, hesitation

Alternative forms

• one, hoyne, hune

Derived terms

• honen

Descendants

• English: hone
• Scots: hune

References

• “h??ne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian honu.

Noun

honu (plural honus)

1. A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.

Anagrams

• houn'

'Are'are

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Verb

honu

1. be full

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Arosi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Verb

honu

1. to fill

References

• Arthur Capell, Arosi grammar (1971)
• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho.nu/, [?honu]

Noun

honu

1. turtle

   Honu ne?ep? ka ??ina.

   The land moves like the turtle.

2. sea turtle

Descendants

• ? English: honu

References

• “honu” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

   Kitea ai te honu i te wh?nuitanga atu o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

   The turtle is found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

References

• “honu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ponuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?nuq, from Proto-Austronesian *p?Nuq.

Adjective

honu

1. full (as a water pot with water)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

Sikaiana

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “honu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tuamotuan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *p?ñu, from Proto-Austronesian *p?ñu.

Noun

honu

1. turtle