asun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àsun.

Noun

asun (uncountable)

1. (Nigeria) A Yoruba dish made from roasted goat meat sautéed in spicy peppers and other vegetables.
   • 2022 July 19, Emma Davidson, “Easy Steps To Cook Pepper Meat”, in Manchester's Finest‎^[1]:

     Another recent addition to the restaurant's menu is 'Asun', a dish that’s made with scotch bonnet peppers and charcoaled goat meat. Again, originating in Nigeria, it’s not for the faint hearted as it's an incredible smokey and spicy dish that is usually served at parties and family gatherings.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sun, asunu, sunu

Etymology

From Latin sonō. Compare Romanian suna, sun.

Verb

asun first-singular present indicative (past participle asunatã)

1. to sound
2. to call

Related terms

• asunari / asunare
• asunat
• arãsun
• son

Basque

asun

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /as̺un/, [a.s̺ũn]

Noun

asun

1. nettle (stinging herb of genus Urtica)

Declension

Declension of asun (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	asun	asuna	asunak
ergative	asunek	asunak	asunek
dative	asuni	asunari	asunei
genitive	asunen	asunaren	asunen
comitative	asunekin	asunarekin	asunekin
causative	asunengatik	asunarengatik	asunengatik
benefactive	asunentzat	asunarentzat	asunentzat
instrumental	asunez	asunaz	asunez
inessive	asunetan	asunean	asunetan
locative	asunetako	asuneko	asunetako
allative	asunetara	asunera	asunetara
terminative	asunetaraino	asuneraino	asunetaraino
directive	asunetarantz	asunerantz	asunetarantz
destinative	asunetarako	asunerako	asunetarako
ablative	asunetatik	asunetik	asunetatik
partitive	asunik	—	—
prolative	asuntzat	—	—

Synonyms

• osin

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

asun

1. genitive singular of asu

Etymology 2

Verb

asun

1. first-person singular present indicative of asua

Anagrams

• anus, nasu, suan, suna

Munsee

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya. Cognate with Unami ahsën (“stone”), Mahican aθún (“stone”), Abenaki sen (“stone”).

Noun

ăsún (ăsə́n) inan (plural ăsúnal, possessive ndăsún, locative ăsúnung, diminutive ăshúnush)

1. stone

Descendants

• → Dutch: Sintsing, Sintsinck (< diminutive locative *ăsúnchung)
  • → English: Sing Sing
    • ⇒ English: Ossining, Ossingsing

Yoruba

Àsun

Etymology

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ sun (“to roast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.sũ̄/

Noun

àsun

1. something that is roasted; (in particular) roasted goat meat

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec ya̱sín, Chayuco Mixtec azi, San Juan Colorado Mixtec àsɨ̀n, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec asūn.

Adjective

asun

1. delicious

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3