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4.4.8.2 d-m, d-n, t-n Rounded; arrondi

Germ.daumenthumb
Germ.däumlingTom Thumb
Germ.dümlingWren, 406
Ital.: AsiagodäumleWren, 406
Dan.dumskallePine Grosbeak, 427
Franç.domedome: anything shaped like a hemisphere
Slavicdomhouse
Franç.: Ubayedumheight
Engl.damdam
Arm.tun, dunhouse
Etr.thunid.
Franç.dunedune, down: mound of sand; certainly not < *dheu to shake
Bretondon(concave) deep. A hydronymic root (Donau, Don etc.)
Gael.I.dúnhill, fortress
Franç.don(toponymic element; latinized in dunum)
Engl.(o.liter.)tunfence, surrounding wall, village
Engl.ton, dontoponymic elements: Melton, Nuneaton, Swindon, London
Engl.townagglomeration of houses
Indo-Eur.tan, stansuffix indicating a groupe of people: Cerretani, Turdetani, Lusitania, Afghanistan etc.
Bretontuniendune
Gael.I.tonnwave
Gael.I.tóinposterior, buttocks
Gael.I.tuinnLittle Grebe, 70 (roundish body)
Gael.I.tonógdumpy little woman; domestic duck, 40
Gael.S.tunnagdomestic duck (plump bird) cf. dunna, above
Franç.tunelarge coin
Franç.: Jerseytun, tucrest, tuft
Franç.tonne, tonneaularge cask; a measure of weight
Engl.tunlarge cask
Ital.nordantonBullfinch, 430, Greenfinch, 416
Sbc.antunacBullfinch, 430 (thickset bird)
Germ.tannefir ð270., French (pointed tree)

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