tun

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • an enclosed piece of ground, an enclosure or garden
  • the enclosed ground belonging to an individual dwelling
  • the group of houses on an area of enclosed land, a homestead
  • a large inhabited place, a town

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *tūną (enclosure, fence).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*tūną

Gloss

enclosure, fence

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

垣, 柵

Emoji
🤺

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