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Clipping of English Awngi.

awn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awngi.

Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

awn (plural awns)

An ear of a wild rye species, showing the conspicuous awns

  1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
    • 1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:
      In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.

the bristle or beard of certain plants

awn

  1. inflection of mynet:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
    2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

awn

  1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)
    Awn, você é tão fofo!
    Aw, you're so cute!

awn

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of ain

awn

  1. inflection of mynd:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/future
    2. first-person singular conditional
    3. (literary) first-person plural imperative