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Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root verb Proto-Yoruboid *-fũ, seem throughout Volta-Niger languages, Urhobo fuanfo, Edo fua (“to be white”), Ayere enfu, Ibibio fia, Ahwai farak, Blench suggests potentially Proto-Niger-Congo *-fu.

Pronunciation

Verb

funfun

  1. to be white
    Ara rẹ̀ ti funfun.
    Her skin has turned white.

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - funfun (“to be white”)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdefú
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́fú
Ìkòròdúfú
Ṣágámùfú
Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupafún, fífún
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹfẹ́n
Proto-YorubaNorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàfunfun
ÈkóÈkófunfun
ÌbàdànÌbàdànfunfun
ÌlọrinÌlọrinfunfun
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́funfun
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàfunfun
Bɛ̀nɛ̀funfun
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáréfṹ
Atakpamɛfṹ
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)fṹ
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Noun

funfun

  1. whiteness, white color

See also

Colors in Yoruba · àwọn àwọ̀ (layout · text)
     funfun      àwọ̀ eérú      dúdú
             pupa; àwọ̀ pípọ́n dòdò              àwọ̀ òrom̀bó, àwọ̀ olómi ọsàn; àwọ̀ igi, àwọ̀ ilẹ̀              àwọ̀ ìyeyè
                          àwọ̀ ewé             
                          àwọ̀ aró rẹ́súrẹ́sú              àwọ̀ ọ̀run, àwọ̀ aró, búlúù
             àwọ̀ búlúù rẹ́súrẹ́sú; àwọ̀ aró              àwọ̀ elésè àlùkò, èsè              àwọ̀ pupa rẹ́súrẹ́sú, àwọ̀ osùn

Adjective

funfun

  1. white
    Fún mi l'áṣọ funfun.
    Give me the white cloth.

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - funfun (“white”)
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Language FamilyVariety GroupVariety/LanguageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdefifu
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́fifu
Ìkòròdúfifu
Ṣágámùfifu
Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)Òkìtìpupafífún
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹfífẹn
OlùkùmiUgbódùfúfún
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìfifun
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́fifun
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìfifun
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàfunfun
Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáfufu
ÈkóÈkófunfun
ÌbàdànÌbàdànfunfun
ÌlọrinÌlọrinfunfun
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́funfun
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàfunfun
Bɛ̀nɛ̀funfun
Northeast Yoruba/OkunÌbùnúBùnúfunfun
ÌjùmúÌjùmúfunfun
ÌyàgbàÌsánlú Ìtẹ̀dófunfun
OwéKabbafunfun
Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀Lọ́kọ́jahunhun
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodefũfũ
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)funfun
Tchaouroufunfun
Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)Baàtɛfunfun
ÌdàácàBeninIgbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)funfun
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́funfun
Onigbolofufu
Kétu/ÀnàgóKétufunfun
Ifɛ̀Akpáréfũfũ
Atakpamɛfũfũ
Bokofũfũ
Moretanfũfũ
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)fũfũ
KuraAwotébifúfṹ
Partagofofu
Mɔ̄kɔ́léKandifũfũ
Northern NagoKambolefũfũ
Manigrifõfũ
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.
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