ohun

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ. Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn

• hùn

• IPA^(key): /ò.hũ̀/, /ō.hũ̀/

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òhùn or ohùn (plural òhùn lɛ́ or òhùn lẹ́ or ohùn lɛ́ or ohùn lẹ́)

1. blood

Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe evu

• hún

• IPA^(key): /ò.hṹ/, /ō.hṹ/

òhún or ohún (plural òhún lɛ́ or òhún lẹ́ or ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)

1. drum

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷṹ. Cognates include Fon hún, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe ʋu

• hún

• IPA^(key): /ō.hṹ/

ohún (plural ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)

1. vehicle, car

• وْهُن

Compare with Igala ẹ́nwu

• IPA^(key): /ō.hũ̄/

ohun

1. thing

   Synonyms: nǹkan, unun, unrun

   ohun tí a bá ṣe pẹ̀sẹ̀, kí a máá fi ṣe ìkánjú; b'ó pẹ́ títí ohun gbogbó á tọwọ́ ẹni

   What we can do very easily, we should not be done hurriedly, for after a long while, all things will come to our hands

   (proverb on patience)

ohun

1. what, whatever

   ohun t'á a fẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ ṣọ́ níí ṣọ́ ― Whatever we give Ẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ to guard is what he guards (proverb against eavesdropping)

• Serves as a head of a relative clause introduced by tí

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ̀ (“sound, language”). Compare with Igala ómù, Itsekiri owùn, possibly Igbo onu

• owùn
• oùn
• eréwùn, eréùn

• IPA^(key): /ō.hũ̀/

ohùn

1. voice, sound

   Synonym: ìró

   a óò gbọ́ ohùn ìyá, a óò gbọ́ ohùn ọmọ ― May we hear the voice of the mother, may we hear the voice of the baby (prayer for a pregnant woman)

2. tone, accent
3. speech, utterance

   Synonyms: ifọ̀, ọ̀rọ̀

   ìjìnlẹ̀ ohùn ẹnu Ifá ― The philosophical speech from the mouth of Ifa