ahun

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English

Noun

ahun (uncountable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of iron, representing African-American Vernacular English.
    • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 6:
      “I told him to keep them in his pockets.” Versh said. “Holding on to that ahun gate.”

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Anagrams

Pass Valley Yali

Noun

ahun

  1. husband

References

Tetum

Etymology

From *abu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, compare Karo Batak abu.

Noun

ahun

  1. dust, powder

Yoruba

Etymology 1

a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ hún (“to itch”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ahún

  1. itching
    Synonym: ayún
  2. something or someone that itches

Etymology 2

From Proto-Yoruba *a-ɣʊ̃, *a-ŋʊ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *a-ɣʊ̃, *a-ŋʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-ŋʊ̃. Compare with Olukumi ághọ́n and Igala áñọ

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ahun

  1. turtle, tortoise
    Synonyms: alábahun, ẹwìrì, ìjàpá, ọnié
  2. (idiomatic) greed, avarice
  3. (idiomatic) miser, scrooge
  4. (idiomatic) miserliness

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

ahùn

  1. Alstonia boonei (cheesewood, pattern wood, or stool wood)
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