Alteration oftan, influenced bytawny.

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /tɔːn/
• (General American)IPA^(key): /tɔn/
• (cot–caught merger)IPA^(key): /tɑn/
• Rhymes:-ɔːn,-ɔn,-ɑn
• Homophone:torn(non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

tawn (third-person singular simple presenttawns,present participletawning,simple past and past participletawned)

1. (transitive) Totan, maketawny.

tawn (pluraltawns)

1. (rare) Atan.
   • 1851 November 14,Herman Melville, “chapter 5”, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC:

     In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropictawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.

Fromtown.

tawn

1. (Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable)Hamilton (thecapital city ofBermuda).
   • 2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, inThe Bermuda Sun‎^[1], archived fromthe original on12 December 2022:

     12:30pm: Wenttahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry.

• tahn

• Bermy,de rock

tawn (pluraltawns)

1. (Bermuda, countable)Pronunciation spelling oftown.

• Want,wa'n't,wan't,want

• IPA^(key): /tau̯n/
• Rhymes:-au̯n

tawn

1. first-personplural present/future andimperative oftewi

tawn

1. first-personsingularcounterfactualconditional ofbod(used afterpe(“if”), which can also be omitted)

   (pe)tawn i hapus ―if Iwere happy

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