dùn
verb
/dũ̀/
Definitions
- to be sweet, to be pleasant
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “dùn”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Cognates include Itsekiri yọ̀n, Olukumi yọ̀n, Ifè ɖɔ̃̀. Likely from the same root as yọ̀n and the /y/ alternatives.
Dialectal synonyms “to be sweet” 34 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- yàn
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- yùn
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- yùn
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- yùn
- Ìkòròdú
- yùn
- Ṣágámù
- yùn
- Òkìtìpupa
- yọ̀n
- Mahin
- yọ̀n
- Oǹdó
- yọ̀n
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- yọ̀n
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- yọ̀n
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- yọ̀n
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- yụ̀ndụ̀n
- Àkúrẹ́
- yụ̀ndụ̀n
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- yụ̀ndụ̀n
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- dùn
- Èkó
- dùn
- Ìbàdàn
- dùn
- Ìlọrin
- dùn
- Òtù
- dọ̀n
- Ìwéré Ilé
- dọ̀n
- Òkèhò
- dùn
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- dọ̀n
- Ṣakí
- dọ̀n
- Tedé
- dùn
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- dùn
- Ọ̀yọ́
- dùn
- Nàìjíríà
- dùn
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- dùn
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- dùn
- Kabba
- dùn
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- ɖɔ̃̀
- Atakpamɛ
- ɖɔ̃̀
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɖɔ̃̀
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “dun”.
Reference:
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