ahun

English

Noun

ahun (uncountable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of iron, representing African-American Vernacular English.
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 6:

     “I told him to keep them in his pockets.” Versh said. “Holding on to that ahun gate.”

Further reading

• The Faulkner Glossary

Anagrams

• Haun, Huna

Pass Valley Yali

Noun

ahun

1. husband

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25

Tetum

Etymology

From *abu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, compare Karo Batak abu.

Noun

ahun

1. dust, powder

Yoruba

Etymology 1

a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ hún (“to itch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.hṹ/

Noun

ahún

1. itching

   Synonym: ayún

2. something or someone that itches

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• awun
• aụn, alábaụn (Èkìtì)
• aghọn (SEY)
• ọbaun (Owe)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.hũ̄/

Noun

ahun

1. turtle, tortoise

   Synonyms: alábahun, ẹwìrì, ìjàpá, ọnié

2. (idiomatic) greed, avarice
3. (idiomatic) miser, scrooge
4. (idiomatic) miserliness

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.hũ̀/

Noun

ahùn

1. Alstonia boonei (cheesewood, pattern wood, or stool wood)