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-kun

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

English

Etymology

From Japanese くん (kun).

Suffix

-kun

(anime and manga fandom) Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -kun

Translations

nominal affix indicating familiarity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 君 (zh) (-jūn), 菌 (zh) (-jùn)
Japanese: くん (ja) (-kun), 君 (ja) (くん, kun) (mostly written in kana)
Korean: 군 (ko) (gun)
Russian: -кун (ru) (-kun)
Ukrainian: -кун (-kun)

Anagrams

unk.

Basque

Suffix

-kun

Used to form adjectives indicating number of components.
‎bat (“one”) + ‎-kun → ‎bakun (“simple”)

Japanese

Romanization

-kun

Rōmaji transcription of くん

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	a / ı	e / i	o / u	ö / ü
default	-gın	-gin	-gun	-gün
assimilated	-kın	-kin	-kun	-kün

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kun/

Suffix

-kun

Assimilated form of -gin after the vowels O / U.
‎diz- (“to arrange in a row”) + ‎-gin → ‎dizgin (“rein”)

‎sal- (“to let loose, to let go”) + ‎-gın → ‎salgın (“outbreak, epidemic”)

‎dur- (“to stop”) + ‎-gun → ‎durgun (“still, calm”)

‎ol- (“to be, to become”) + ‎-gun → ‎olgun (“ripe”)

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