| Rhyming loan-word with stressed -euns [-'œns] (full list) |
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|---|---|---|
| peuns | MN | pound |
| Rhyming word with unstressed -euns [-œns] (full list) |
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|---|---|---|
| kanspeuns | MN | hundred pound weight |
At BM.1464, puns 'pound' is rhymed with syns 'hold!'.
Since peuns is the only etymon in this ensemble,
it makes one wonder whether the vocoid is correct.
Late Cornish has penz,
which fits earlier /œ/ being unrounded to /ɛ/.