kokoon

English

Etymology 1

From Tswana kgokoñ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈkuːn/
• Homophone: cocoon

Noun

kokoon (plural kokoons)

1. (archaic) A gnu; a brindled gnu.
   • 1845, John George Cochrane [editor], The Foreign Quarterly Review:

     Mixed squads of kokoons and zebras are practising their wild gambols over the level plain, kicking, frolicking, butting, and pursuing each other with untiring perseverence

Etymology 2

From Sinhalese [script needed] (kokuṅ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈkuːn/, /koʊˈkuːn/

Noun

kokoon (plural kokoons)

1. (uncommon) A tree of the genus Kokoona.

   Synonym: kokoona

   • 1872, Yearbook of Pharmacy: Comprising Abstracts of Papers Relating to Pharmacy, Materia Medica and Chemistry Contributed to British and Foreign Journal...with the Transactions of the British Pharmaceutical Conference, page 32:

     The inner yellow bark of the kokoon tree of Ceylon (Kokoona Zeylanica, Thw.) is employed there as a febrifuge and stimulatory, and as a dye.

   • 2007 October 23, Colin Tudge, The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter, Crown, →ISBN, page 169:

     The kokoon tree from Sri Lanka (Kokoona zeylanica) yields a useful oil.

   • 2012 October 16, Olavi Huikari, The Miracle of Trees, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 54:

     CELASTRALES - spindle trees, khat trees, kokoons.

References

• “kokoon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “kokoon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “kokoon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkokoːn/, [ˈko̞ko̞ːn]
• Rhymes: -okoːn
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧koon

Noun

kokoon

1. illative singular of koko

Adverb

kokoon

1. together (to one place)

   Paljonko rahaa olemme saaneet kokoon?

   How much money have we scraped together?

Inflection

→○	illative	kokoon
○	inessive	koossa
○→	elative	–

Derived terms

compounds

• kokoonkutsuja
• kokoonpainuva
• kokoonpanija
• kokoonpanna
• kokoonpano
• kokoonpantava
• kokoonpantu
• kokoonpuristuva
• kokoontaitettava
• kokoontulla

 

Related terms

• koolla
• koolle

Further reading

• “kokoon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Noun

kokoon (invariable)

1. gnu