different between tawn vs sawn

tawn

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /t?n/
  • (Canada, cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /t?n/
  • 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.

Etymology 2

From town.

Proper noun

tawn

  1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).

Holonyms

  • Bermy, de rock

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

  1. (Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.

Anagrams

  • Want, wa'n't, wan't, want

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tau?n/

Etymology 1

Verb

tawn

  1. first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi

Etymology 2

Verb

tawn

  1. first-person singular counterfactual conditional of bod (used after pe (if), which can also be omitted)

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sawn

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??n

Verb

sawn

  1. past participle of saw
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) past participle of see; seen

Anagrams

  • NASW, Swan, WANs, Wans, awns, swan, wans

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