gurn
English
Alternative forms
- girn
Etymology
Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.
Noun
gurn (plural gurns)
- (Britain) A distorted facial expression.
Translations
distorted facial expression
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Verb
gurn (third-person singular simple present gurns, present participle gurning, simple past and past participle gurned)
- (Britain) To make a grotesque or funny face.
Anagrams
- Rung, rung
Manx
Verb
gurn (verbal noun gurneil)
- to direct, govern
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gurn | ghurn | ngurn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Woiwurrung
Noun
gurn
- the front section of neck
References
- Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124