English word origin

Etymology of tuan

Borrowed from Wathaurong duwan.

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Wathaurong duwan.

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Borrowed-form mentionduwanwth

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

Lord; master.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan Malay tuanbor. English tuan Borrowed from Malay tuan.

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