woon

Borrowed from Burmese ဝန် (wan, “burden; responsibility; administrative officer”).

woon (plural woons)

1. (obsolete) A Burmese governor or officer of administration.

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “woon”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːn/

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• Hyphenation: woon
• Rhymes: -oːn

From Middle Dutch wone.

woon f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. domicile, residence, home, abode (place of living)
2. residence, inhabiting (state of residing)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

woon

1. inflection of wonen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

woon

1. maggot

• Twitchell, X̱ʼunei Lance (2020), Tlingit Online Dictionary, Juneau, Alaska: Independently published, supported by Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast, →ISBN