ahun
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
ahun (uncountable)
- 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.”
Anagrams[edit]
Pass Valley Yali[edit]
Noun[edit]
ahun
References[edit]
- Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25
Tetum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *abu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, compare Karo Batak abu.
Noun[edit]
ahun
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
a- (“agent-creating prefix”) + hún (“to itch”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ahún
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ahun
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ahùn
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