tôn

See also: Tôn and Appendix:Variations of "ton"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 宗 (“lineage, ancestry, ancestor, clan”; SV: tông).

Pronunciation

Noun

tôn

  1. (only in compounds) lineage, ancestry
  2. (only in compounds) ancestor, clan

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Latin tonus.

Noun

tôn m, f (plural tonau)

  1. tone, sound
    Synonym: sain
  2. tune, melody
    Synonyms: tiwn, alaw

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tôn dôn nhôn thôn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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