okun

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See also: Okun, okuŋ, okuń, Okuń, ọkun, and окунь

Gun

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Etymology

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Cognate with Adja eku, Saxwe Gbe okun, Ewe núku.

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Noun

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okún (plural okún lẹ) (Nigeria)

  1. seed

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okunь.

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okun m (Cyrillic spelling окун)

  1. (rare, Croatia) bass, perch
    Synonyms: grgeč, ostriž, ostrež, kostriješ, bandar

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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okun

  1. strength, power, energy
    Synonyms: agbára, ipá
    òògùn yìí mì ara ní okunThis drug will give my body energy
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Etymology 2

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Okun

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okun

  1. the palm tree Phoenix reclinata
    Synonym: elékikòbi

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okun!

  1. (chiefly CY, NEY) A general greeting of hello, good day
    Synonyms: ara, ọra, ǹlẹ́, pẹ̀lẹ́
    Ìn okun o olóó miHello my husband
  2. (chiefly CY) sorry, condolences
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  • When speaking respectfully, this must be immediately preceded by the pronoun or ìn.
  • In certain dialects, such as the Akure subdialect of Ekiti, okun has semantically shifted to have a largely negative meaning, where it means sorry (after an injury or accident) or condolences (when one's relative has died). Use of okun is thus restricted to certain negative environments, with ara replacing okun in general greetings. In most other subdialects of Ekiti, ọra/ and okun are used interchangeably
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Etymology 4

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Okùn

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okùn

  1. string, rope
  2. stripe, band (as a mark of a rank)
  3. (idiomatic, figurative) connection, relationship
  4. (by extension) a term for plants with thin, stringlike stems
  5. (idiomatic, figurative) line, path
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Etymology 5

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Òkun

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òkun

  1. sea, ocean
    Synonym: ibú
  2. A prefix used in Yoruba given names (ex. Òkúnríbidó)
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