ohun
Gun
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ. Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editòhùn or ohùn (plural òhùn lɛ́ or òhùn lẹ́ or ohùn lɛ́ or ohùn lẹ́)
Etymology 2
editCognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe evu
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editòhún or ohún (plural òhún lɛ́ or òhún lẹ́ or ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷṹ. Cognates include Fon hún, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe ʋu
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editYoruba
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editohun
Pronoun
editohun
- what, whatever
- ohun t'á a fẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ ṣọ́ níí ṣọ́ ― Whatever we give Ẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ to guard is what he guards (proverb against eavesdropping)
Usage notes
edit- Serves as a head of a relative clause introduced by tí
Synonyms
editYoruba Varieties and Languages - ohun (“thing”) | ||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | urun |
Ìdànrè | Ìdànrè | urun | ||
Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | urun | ||
Ìkòròdú | irun | |||
Ṣágámù | urun | |||
Ẹ̀pẹ́ | urun | |||
Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | unrun | ||
Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | unrun | ||
Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uun | ||
Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | ughun | ||
Usẹn | Usẹn | ohun | ||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | urun | ||
Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | urun | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | uun |
Àkúrẹ́ | uun | |||
Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ohun | |
Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ohun | ||
Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | ohun | ||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ohun | ||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ohun | ||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ohun | ||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ohun | |||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ughun, unghun | |
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | unwun | |
Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | iŋɛ́ | ||
Atakpamé | iŋɛ́ | |||
Tchetti | iŋɛ́ |
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editProposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ̀ (“sound, language”). Compare with Igala ómù, Itsekiri owùn
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editohùn
- 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)
- tone, accent
- speech, utterance
Synonyms
editYoruba varieties
Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
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Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | eréùn, eréwùn, oùn, owùn |
Ìkálẹ̀ | - | ||
Ìlàjẹ | - | ||
Oǹdó | - | ||
Ọ̀wọ̀ | - | ||
Usẹn | - | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | oùn |
Ifẹ̀ | - | ||
Ìgbómìnà | - | ||
Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - | ||
Western Àkókó | - | ||
Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | - | |
Ẹ̀gbá | - | ||
Ìbàdàn | ohùn | ||
Òǹkò | - | ||
Ọ̀yọ́ | ohùn | ||
Standard Yorùbá | ohùn | ||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - | |
Ìjùmú | - | ||
Ìyàgbà | - | ||
Owé | ohùn | ||
Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |
Derived terms
edit- dá lóhùn (“to answer”)
- dáhùn (“to answer”)
- ewì alohùn (“oral poetry”)
- ẹ̀rọ amóhùngbilẹ̀ (“amplifier”)
- ẹ̀rọ gbohùngbohùn (“microphone”)
- gbohùngbohùn (“echo”)
- gbólóhùn (“sentence”)
- ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low tone”)
- ohùn òkè (“high tone”)
- olóhùn (“vocal”)
- àmì ohùn (“tonal mark”)
- èdè olóhùn (“tonal language”)
- òhùn ààrin (“mid tone”)
Categories:
- Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe
- Gun terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gun terms with audio links
- Gun lemmas
- Gun nouns
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- Yoruba terms with usage examples
- Yoruba pronouns
- Yoruba terms inherited from Proto-Yoruboid
- Yoruba terms derived from Proto-Yoruboid