clouchynとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• clowchon, clowchyn, clowchyne

語源

Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch cluweken, diminutive of cluwe, cluwen (“ball of yarn”) (compare clewe, clewen); for the vocalism, compare dialectal modern Dutch klouwen, while for the consonantism in /t͡ʃ/, compare modern Dutch -tje. First attested in c. 1440.

発音

• IPA: /ˈklɔu̯t͡ʃin/

名詞

clouchyn (plural *clouchynes)

1. (Promptorium Parvulorum) A ball of thread; a clew.

派生した語

• English: bulchin (obsolete)

参照

• “clǒuchin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “clowchyn, clowchun, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.