ohun
Gun edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ. Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
òhùn or ohùn (plural òhùn lɛ́ or òhùn lẹ́ or ohùn lɛ́ or ohùn lẹ́)
Etymology 2 edit
Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe evu
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
òhún or ohún (plural òhún lɛ́ or òhún lẹ́ or ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷṹ. Cognates include Fon hún, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe ʋu
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ohun
Pronoun edit
ohun
- 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 edit
Yoruba varieties
Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
---|---|---|---|
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | urun, irun |
Ìkálẹ̀ | unrun | ||
Ìlàjẹ | - | ||
Oǹdó | uun | ||
Ọ̀wọ̀ | ughun | ||
Usẹn | - | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | uun |
Ifẹ̀ | - | ||
Ìgbómìnà | - | ||
Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - | ||
Western Àkókó | - | ||
Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | - | |
Ẹ̀gbá | - | ||
Ìbàdàn | ohun | ||
Òǹkò | - | ||
Ọ̀yọ́ | ohun | ||
Standard Yorùbá | ohun | ||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - | |
Ìjùmú | - | ||
Ìyàgbà | - | ||
Owé | ughun, unghun | ||
Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ̀ (“sound, language”). Compare with Igala ómù, Itsekiri owùn
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ohùn
- 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 edit
Yoruba varieties
Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
---|---|---|---|
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”)