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'un
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Appendix:Variations of "un"
English
Etymology
The apostrophe is not justified historically: this word preserves an original pronunciation of en one without an initial /w/; see en one for more.
Pronunciation
en /ʌn/
en ʌn 1
Pronoun
plural 'uns
en colloquial one (a thing).
en Give me one of those round 'uns.
en colloquial facetious or dialect one (a person).
en We've got a clever 'un here!
en 22 September 2026 Isaac Ashe Man who killed 82-year-old in random attack sentenced https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlykejn5838o BBC News Donoher was also under a delusional belief that police had told him to "take out wrong 'uns", and that he had already killed 66 people, Heywood added. 22 September 2026
en West Country Him or her.
1866, Higham, Dial., 14:
Tom Trevarton had a piece of hoggan weth un.
Alternative forms
en 'n un
uncommon, in some compounds, e.g. en youngin, en youins en in(s), 'in(s)
Derived terms
en derivatives of 'un(s) and un(s) biggun goodun green 'un li'l 'un,lil' 'un,lil'un dead 'un stiff 'un pink 'un red 'un thick-un thissun wrong 'un young'un you-uns
Anagrams
en nu NU Nu nu
Irish
Pronunciation
ga /ən̪ˠ/ /ənˠ/
Preposition
ga preposition ’un
ga chun