adun

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• adunu

Etymology

From Latin adūnō. Compare Romanian aduna, adun.

Verb

adun (third-person singular adunã or adune, participle adunatã or adunate)

1. to gather, collect, assemble, bring together
2. (reflexive, mi-adun (cu)) to meet
3. (reflexive, mi-adun (cu)) to accompany

Synonyms

• (collect): culeg, lixescu
• (meet): mi-aflu, andãmusescu / andamusest, astalj / astayi, stãvrusescu

Related terms

• adunari / adunare
• adunat
• niadunat
• niadunatã / niadunate

See also

• leg

Hungarian

Etymology

adu +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdun]
• Hyphenation: adun

Noun

adun

1. superessive singular of adu

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, a- +‎ dūn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.duːn/

Adverb

adūn

1. down, downward
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā ġesēah hē swymman sċealfran on flōde, and ġelōme doppettan ādūne tō grunde, ēhtende ðearle þǣre ēa fixa.

     Then he saw loons swim in the water, and often dive down toward the bottom, eagerly chasing the fish of the river.

Descendants

• Middle English: adoun, adune, adun
  • English: adown
  • Scots: adoon, adoun, adown

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “a-dún”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romanian

Verb

adun

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of aduna

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ادُن

Etymology

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ dùn (“to be sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.dũ̀/

Noun

adùn

1. sweetness, pleasure

   Synonym: oyin

2. Something that is sweet or pleasurable

Derived terms

• aládùn
• aláìládùn