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別の表記

huon

発音

• IPA: /xwoːn/, [ʍoːn]
• 韻: -oːn

名詞

hwōn

1. a few, a little
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Forþon him ġelȳfeð lȳt, sē þe āh līfes wyn ġebiden in burgum, bealosīþa hwōn, wlonc ond wīngāl, hū iċ wēriġ oft in brimlāde bīdan sċeolde.

     At first he believes a little, who has life’s mirth lasted in towns, a little of woes, proud and wine-flown, how weary I oft had to linger on the sea-road.

使用する際の注意点

Indeclinable. Often used partitively with the genitive of another noun to mean "a little bit of sth."

形容詞

hwōn

1. few, little

使用する際の注意点

Like the noun, usually undeclined.

副詞

hwōn

1. slightly, a little, somewhat
   • c. 992, Ælfric, “The Nativity of the Innocents”

     Ġif hē hwon hnappode, ðǣrrihte hine drehton nihtliċe gedwimor, swā þæt him ðæs slǣpes ofþuhte.

     If he napped a little, immediately nightmares tormented him, such that sleep became miserable for him.

派生語

語源 2

別の表記

• hwan

発音

• IPA: /xwon/, [ʍon]
• 韻: -on

副詞

hwon

1. why

代名詞

hwon

1. instrumental of hwā
2. instrumental of hwæt

同意語

• hwȳ

派生語

• tō hwon
• for hwon
• bī hwon

代名詞

hwon

1. (southern West Midland) alternative form of whan

語源 2

副詞

hwon

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of whon

語源 3

副詞

hwon

1. alternative form of whanne

接続詞

hwon

1. alternative form of whanne