asun
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Yoruba àsun.
Noun
asun (uncountable)
- (Nigeria) A Yoruba dish made from roasted goat meat sautéed in spicy peppers and other vegetables.
- 2022 July 19, Emma Davidson, “Easy Steps To Cook Pepper Meat”, in Manchester's Finest:
- Another recent addition to the restaurant's menu is 'Asun', a dish that’s made with scotch bonnet peppers and charcoaled goat meat. Again, originating in Nigeria, it’s not for the faint hearted as it's an incredible smokey and spicy dish that is usually served at parties and family gatherings.
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Aromanian
Alternative forms
- sun, asunu, sunu
Etymology
From Latin sonō. Compare Romanian suna, sun.
Verb
asun (past participle asunatã)
- I sound.
- I call.
Related terms
- asunari / asunare
- asunat
- arãsun
- son
Basque
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asun
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as̺un/, [a.s̺ũn]
Noun
asun
- nettle (stinging herb of genus Urtica)
Declension
Declension of asun (inanimate, ending in consonant) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | asun | asuna | asunak |
ergative | asunek | asunak | asunek |
dative | asuni | asunari | asunei |
genitive | asunen | asunaren | asunen |
comitative | asunekin | asunarekin | asunekin |
causative | asunengatik | asunarengatik | asunengatik |
benefactive | asunentzat | asunarentzat | asunentzat |
instrumental | asunez | asunaz | asunez |
inessive | asunetan | asunean | asunetan |
locative | asunetako | asuneko | asunetako |
allative | asunetara | asunera | asunetara |
terminative | asunetaraino | asuneraino | asunetaraino |
directive | asunetarantz | asunerantz | asunetarantz |
destinative | asunetarako | asunerako | asunetarako |
ablative | asunetatik | asunetik | asunetatik |
partitive | asunik | — | — |
prolative | asuntzat | — | — |
Synonyms
- osin
Finnish
Noun
asun
- genitive singular of asu
Verb
asun
- first-person singular present indicative of asua
Anagrams
- anus, nasu, suan, suna
Munsee
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *aʔsenya.
Noun
ăsún (ăsə́n) inan (plural ăsúnal, possessive ndăsún, locative ăsúnung, diminutive ăshúnush)[1]
- stone
Descendants
- → Dutch: Sintsing, Sintsinck (< diminutive locative *ăsúnchung)
- → English: Sing Sing
- ⇒ English: Ossining, Ossingsing
- → English: Sing Sing
References
- O'Meara, John (2014), “asun”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN
Yoruba
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Àsun
Etymology
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + sun (“to roast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.sũ̄/
Noun
àsun
- something that is roasted; (in particular) roasted goat meat
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology
Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec ya̱sín, Chayuco Mixtec azi, San Juan Colorado Mixtec àsɨ̀n, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec asūn.
Adjective
asun
- delicious
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3