ahun
English
Noun
ahun (uncountable)
- Pronunciation spelling of even, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society 2016, page 6:
- “I told him to keep them in his pockets.” Versh said. “Holding on to that ahun gate.”
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society 2016, page 6:
Anagrams
- Haun, Huna
Pass Valley Yali
Noun
ahun
- husband
References
- Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25
Tetum
Etymology
From *abu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, compare Karo Batak abu.
Noun
ahun
- dust, powder
Yoruba
Etymology 1
a- (“agent-creating prefix”) + hún (“to itch”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ā.hṹ/
Noun
ahún
- itching
- something or someone that itches
Alternative forms
- awun
- aun (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ā.hũ̄/
Noun
ahun
- turtle, tortoise
- Synonyms: alábahun, ẹwìrì, ìjàpá
- (idiomatic) greed, avarice
- (idiomatic) miser, scrooge
- (idiomatic) miserliness
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ā.hũ̀/
Noun
ahùn
- Alstonia boonei (cheesewood, pattern wood, or stool wood)