dunna

dunna

1. (Northern England) do not.
   • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:

     Ma lass!' he murmured. 'Ma little lass! Dunna let's fight! Dunna let's niver fight! I love thee an' th' touch on thee. Dunna argue wi' me! Dunna! Dunna! Dunna! Let's be together.'

From Old Norse dunna, from Proto-Germanic *dusnǭ (“the brown one; female duck”), from Proto-Germanic *dusnaz (“brown”); whence also Icelandic dunna, Norwegian dunne. Compare also English dunnock (“hedge sparrow, hedge warbler”), Scottish Gaelic tunnag.

dunna f (genitive singular dunnu, plural dunnur)

1. domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
2. female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

• villdunna

• storkur
• gás
• svanur

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of the house”), from domus (“house”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”).

dunna f (plural dunnas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) woman

   Coordinate term: um

2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) wife

   Synonym: consorta

   Coordinate terms: um, consort

3. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lady, Mrs.

   Coordinate terms: signur (“gentleman, Mr.”), giuvna (“young lady, Miss”)