ikun

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Etymology edit

From '爱坤'， referring to a fan of Cai Xukun

Noun edit

ikun

(online slang) a fan of Cai Xukun, often used ironically after Cai Xukun's promotional NBA video where he appears to dribble a basketball, mocked on bilibili

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ, compare Acehnese iku.

Noun edit

ikun

tail

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kùn (“to grumble, growl”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ì.kũ̀/

Noun edit

ìkùn

murmur, grumble, grumbling, growl
voice
Synonym: ohùn

Related terms edit

ẹkùn

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative forms edit

ikù (Ìgbómìnà, Oǹdó, Ifẹ̀)
ukù (Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀)
ukùn (Ọ̀wọ̀)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ī.kũ̀/

Noun edit

ikùn

abdomen, belly
big belly, potbelly, paunch
Ó jẹun, ó yọ ikùn ― He was well fed, and thus he grew a potbelly
mind
Ó fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà pamọ́ sí odò ikùn ― He stored the matter in his mind

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ī.kṹ/

Noun edit

ikún

A species of ground squirrel; (in particular), Euxerus erythropus, in Yoruba legends it is believed to be deaf
Elétí dídi bí ikún ― The one who is deaf like the ground squirrel

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ī.kũ̄/

Noun edit

ikun

nose mucus
Synonyms: ògbògbo, kàtá

Derived terms edit

otìtù oníkun (“catarrh”)

Etymology 5 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ì.kṹ/

Noun edit

ìkún

lower waist, thigh
Synonym: itan