Alunlunsun

Gun

Etymology

From alúnlún (“dry season”) +‎ sùn (“month”), literally “the month of the dry season”. Cognates include Fon Aluúnsùn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.lṹ.lṹ.sũ̀/

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Proper noun

Alúnlúnsùn

1. January, this month happened during the second part of harmattan in the traditional agricultural-religious-lunar calendar of the Gun people, and other Gbe speaking peoples of southwestern Nigeria, southern Benin and Togo, and southeastern Ghana.

Related terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) osùn xwè tɔ̀n; Alúnlúnsùn (“January”), Afínkplɔ́sùn (“Februrary”), Xwèjísùn (“March”), Lìdósùn (“April”), Núxwàsùn (“May”), Ayìdósùn (“June”), Lìyàsùn (“July”), Avivɔ̀sùn (“August”), Zósùn (“September”), Kɔ́nyàsùn (“October”), Abɔ̀xúsùn (“November”), Awéwésùn (“December”) ^{(Category: guw:Months)}
• (Gregorian calendar months) osùn whè tọ̀n; Alúnlúnsùn (“January”), Afínplọ́sùn (“Februrary”), Whèjísùn (“March”), Lìdósùn (“April”), Núwhàsùn (“May”), Ayìdósùn (“June”), Lìyàsùn (“July”), Avivọ̀sùn (“August”), Zósùn (“September”), Kọ́yànsùn (“October”), Abọ̀húsùn (“November”), Awéwésùn (“December”) ^{(Category: guw:Months)}

References

1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237373143_Perception_du_climat_et_calendrier_agricole_chez_les_Fon_du_Sud_du_Togo_et_du_Benin