ahun

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.”

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  1. ^ https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/the-faulkner-glossary-a-through-z/all

Anagrams[edit]

Pass Valley Yali[edit]

Noun[edit]

ahun

  1. husband

References[edit]

Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ahun

  1. dust, powder

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ā.hṹ/

Noun[edit]

ahún

  1. itching
  2. something or someone that itches

Etymology 2[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ā.hũ̄/

Noun[edit]

ahun

  1. turtle, tortoise
    Synonyms: alábahun, ẹwìrì, ìjàpá
  2. (idiomatic) greed, avarice
  3. (idiomatic) miser, scrooge
  4. (idiomatic) miserliness

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ā.hũ̀/

Noun[edit]

ahùn

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