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Loun vs Loup - What's the difference?

loun | loup |

As a noun loun

is wage, pay.

As a proper noun loup is

an extinct algonquian language.

loun

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Compare (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To beat; thrash.
  • Etymology 2

    From either (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ulster) boy, youth
  • loup

    English

    Alternative forms

    * loop

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
  • (Webster 1913) ----