funfun
verb
/fũ̄.fũ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
فُنفُن (alternative)
Definitions
-
to be white
Ara rẹ̀ ti funfun. Her skin has turned white.
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “funfun”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From the root verb Proto-Yoruboid *-fũ, seem throughout Volta-Niger languages, Urhobo fuanfo, Edo fua (“to be white”), Ayere enfu, Ibibio fia, Ahwai farak, Blench suggests potentially Proto-Niger-Congo *-fu.
Dialectal synonyms “to be white” 16 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- fú
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- fú
- Ìkòròdú
- fú
- Ṣágámù
- fú
- Òkìtìpupa
- fúnfífún
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- fẹ́n
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- funfun
- Èkó
- funfun
- Ìbàdàn
- funfun
- Ìlọrin
- funfun
- Ọ̀yọ́
- funfun
- Nàìjíríà
- funfun
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- funfun
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- fṹ
- Atakpamɛ
- fṹ
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- fṹ
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “funfun”.
Reference:
en-funfun-yo-verb-yo:to_be_white