wun
9.9
An informal way of writing the number one
- numeral
- Informal
- I only need wun piece of cake to satisfy my craving.
He said I had it for one San Hagen's and that's how I had it, man.
- He said I had it for one San Hagen's and that's how I had it, man.
Examples
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She has wun reason to be proud of her accomplishment.
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For our soccer team, we need to win wun more game to qualify.
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He said I had it for one San Hagen's and that's how I had it, man.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wun is an informal or dialect spelling of one that shows how people often say the number 'one' in everyday speech. So, wun simply means the number 'one' and is used to write the way people actually say it.