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unk

Pronunciation: /unk/

“unk” is a Middle English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. First-person dual accusative pronoun: us twain, the two of us.
  2. our (two) selves.

Etymology

From Old English unc, accusative and dative form of wit, from Proto-Germanic *unk (accusative of *wet) and *unkiz (dative/instrumental of *wet).

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