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tawn

tawn

English

Verb

tawn (third-person singular simple present tawns, present participle tawning, simple past and past participle tawned)

  1. 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.

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Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʊ̯n/

Verb

tawn

  1. first-person plural present/future and imperative of tewi
  2. first-person singular conditional of bod (used after pe (if), which can also be omitted)
    (pe) tawn i hapus ― if I were happy

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