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Yorùbá Dictionary
ahun noun /ā.hũ̄/ spelling unconfirmed
awun (alternative), aụn (alternative), alábaụn (alternative), aghọn (alternative), ọbaun (alternative)
Definitions
  1. turtle, tortoise
  2. greed, avarice idiomatic
  3. miser, scrooge idiomatic
  4. miserliness idiomatic
Dialect
Àdó Èkìtì, Àkúrẹ́, Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì, Kabba dialect form of ìjàpá noun
Etymology
From Proto-Yoruba *a-ɣʊ̃, *a-ŋʊ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *a-ɣʊ̃, *a-ŋʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-ŋʊ̃. Compare with Olukumi ághọ́n and Igala áñọ
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2, where this word is spelled “ahun”. Reference: en-ahun-yo-noun-VNgQV1vo