ᠠᡥᡡᠨ
Manchu
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *ake, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Nanai ага.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [a.χʊn]
Noun
ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn) (plural ᠠᡥᡡᠨᡨᠠ)
- elder brother
- a respectful term used to address someone who is older but in the same generation as the speaker
See also
- ᡩᡝᠣ (deo, “younger brother”)
Adjective
ᠠᡥᡡᠨ • (ahūn)
- (of man) older
- 1650, Luo Guanzhong, Kicungge, Fan Wencheng, Garin et al., transl., Ilan gurun i bithe [Romance of the Three Kingdoms]:
- ᡯᠶ
ᠯᡠᠩ
ᠵᠣᠣᡶᠠᠨ
ᠴᡳ
ᡩᡠᡳᠨ
ᠪᡳᠶᠠ
ᠠᡥᡡᠨ᠉- dzy lung joofan ci duin biya ahūn.
- Zilong is four months older than Zhao Fan.
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