ọyún
noun
/ɔ̄.jṹ/
Definitions
- pus
Etymology
ọ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yún (“to itch, to scratch”), literally “The place where it itches”
Component words
ọnominalizing prefix
3 entries are spelled “ọ”. The etymology calls it “nominalizing prefix”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ọ
The seventeenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ọ́ and written in the Latin script.
ọ
you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb)
ọ
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /ɔ/)
yúnto itch, to scratch
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọyun”.
Reference:
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