different between tawn vs tawk

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?n/
• (Canada, cot–caught 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)

English

Noun

tawk (countable and uncountable, plural tawks)

1. Pronunciation spelling of talk, representing New York City English.

Verb

tawk (third-person singular simple present tawks, present participle tawking, simple past and past participle tawked)

1. Pronunciation spelling of talk, representing New York City English.