suno

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧no

Etymology 1

Compare suon.

Verb

suno

1. to copy
2. to imitate

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

suno

1. any of several fish species in the family Serranidae including:
   1. the leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus)

Usage notes

Used to refer to the fish that is bigger than the gawot, pugawot.

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsunoʔ/ [ˈsu.n̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧no

Noun

sunò (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓ)

1. a ride (on a back of motorcycle, horse, etc.)

Derived terms

• isuno
• magsuno

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈnoʔ/ [suˈn̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧no

Verb

sunô (plural suruno, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓ)

1. (Naga) to like; to prefer

   Synonyms: gusto, muya, buot, kursonada

Derived terms

• kasunuan
• masunuan

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥der.

Proto-Germanic *sunnô

Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ

Proto-West Germanic *sunnā

Old English sunne

Middle English sonne

English sunbor.

Esperanto suno

Borrowed from English sun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuno/

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• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: su‧no

Noun

suno (accusative singular sunon, plural sunoj, accusative plural sunojn)

1. the Sun
   • 1906, Shakespeare, trans. Zamenhof, Hamleto, Reĝido de Danujo, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Ne permesu al ŝi iri en la suno.

     Do not permit her to go in the sun.

Holonyms

• la sunsistemo (“the solar system”)

Derived terms

• suna energio / sunenergio (“solar energy”)
• suna maso (“solar mass”)
• suna vento / sunvento (“solar wind”)
• suna (“solar”, adjective)
• sunbrilo (“sunshine”)
• sunfloro (“sunflower”)
• sunfrapo (“sunstroke”)
• sunleviĝo (“sunrise”)
• sunlumo (“sunlight”)
• sunmakulo (“sunspot”)
• sunradio (“sunbeam”)
• sunsubiro (“sunset”)

Further reading

• sun' in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905

Ido

Etymology

English sun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.no/

Noun

suno (plural suni)

1. sun
2. sunlight

Derived terms

• parasuno (“parasol”)
• sunala (“solar”)
• sunobrulita (“sunburned”)
• sunobrunigar (“to brown in the sun”)
• sunofloro (“sunflower”)
• sunofrapo (“sunstroke”)
• sunohorlojo (“sundial”)
• sunolumo (“sunlight”)
• sunoza (“sunny”)

Related terms

• sundio (“Sunday”)

Further reading

• sun-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• sun

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sew-?

Proto-Indo-European *sewH-

Proto-Indo-European *suHnús

Proto-Germanic *sunuz

Proto-West Germanic *sunu

Old Dutch suno

From Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz.

Noun

suno m

1. son

Inflection

Declension of suno (masculine u-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	suno	suni
accusative	suno	suni
genitive	sunis	suno
dative	suni	sunon

Derived terms

• drūtsuno

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: sōne
  • Dutch: zoon
    • Afrikaans: seun
    • Jersey Dutch: zőn
  • Limburgish: zoon, zoean
  • West Flemish: zeune

References

• “sunu”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Noun

suno

1. alternative form of sunu

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀺𑀦 (suvina), from Sanskrit *सुप्न (*supna).

Noun

suno m (nominative plural sune)

1. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping)

Derived terms

• dikhel suno

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsunoʔ/ [ˈsuː.n̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -unoʔ
• Syllabification: su‧no

Noun

sunò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓ)

1. act of riding on the back of an animal or vehicle (such as a horse, motorcycle, etc.)
2. act of living together at another's home

Derived terms

• magkasuno
• magsuno
• makisuno
• pagsuno
• sumuno

Further reading

• “suno”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English soon, phonetically (rather than orthographically).

Adverb

suno

1. soon