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'''kaun'''
'''kaun'''


# pet
# dog
# dog


====Usage Notes====
====Usage Notes====
This word is historically associated with dogs, but it may be used to refer to any pet.
This word is historically associated with dogs, but it may be used to refer to any pet. In a non-industrialized society, it could even refer to horses and cattle.
====Inflection====
====Inflection====
====Descendents====
====Descendents====

Revision as of 15:05, 24 October 2024

Diluvian Code

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the fusion of ka "right", au "animal", and na "society". Interpreted as "the animal that has the right to stay in society".

Pronunciation

(Diluvian Code) IPA: /kə́ùn/

Noun

kaun

  1. pet
  2. dog

Usage Notes

This word is historically associated with dogs, but it may be used to refer to any pet. In a non-industrialized society, it could even refer to horses and cattle.

Inflection

Descendents

  • Adamic Code: kun
  • Proto-Iroquoian: *kīr
  • → Proto-Indo-European: *kwons
  • Proto-Mongolic: *nokaï
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kwajn
  • Proto-Austronesian: *asu "dog", *kuḡkuḡ "puppy"
  • Proto-Niger-Congo: *bhua