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Yoruba
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root verb Proto-Yoruboid *-fũ, seem throughout Volta-Niger languages, Urhobo fuanfo, Edo fua (“to be white”), Ayere enfu, Ibibio fia, Ahwai farak, Blench suggests potentially Proto-Niger-Congo *-fu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]funfun
- to be white
- Ara rẹ̀ ti funfun.
- Her skin has turned white.
Synonyms
[edit]Yoruba Varieties and Languages - funfun (“to be white”) | ||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | fú |
Ìkòròdú | fú | |||
Ṣágámù | fú | |||
Ẹ̀pẹ́ | fú | |||
Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | fún, fífún | ||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | fẹ́n | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | funfun |
Èkó | Èkó | funfun | ||
Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | funfun | ||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | funfun | ||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | funfun | ||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | funfun | ||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | funfun | |||
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | fṹ | |
Atakpamé | fṹ | |||
Tchetti | fṹ |
Noun
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Adjective
[edit]funfun
- white
- Fún mi l'áṣọ funfun.
- Give me the white cloth.
Synonyms
[edit]Yoruba Varieties and Languages - funfun (“white”) | ||||
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Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | fifu |
Ìkòròdú | fifu | |||
Ṣágámù | fifu | |||
Ẹ̀pẹ́ | fifu | |||
Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | fífún | ||
Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | fífẹn | ||
Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | fúfún | ||
Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | fifun |
Àkúrẹ́ | fifun | |||
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | fifun | |||
Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | funfun | |
Èkó | Èkó | funfun | ||
Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | funfun | ||
Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | funfun | ||
Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | funfun | ||
Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | funfun | ||
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | funfun | |||
Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | Bùnú | funfun | |
Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | funfun | ||
Ìyàgbà | Yàgbà East LGA | funfun | ||
Owé | Kabba | funfun | ||
Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Lokoja | hunhun | ||
Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | fũfũ | |
Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | funfun | ||
Tchaourou | funfun | |||
Ìcà | Agoua | fũfũ | ||
Ìdàácà | Igbó Ìdàácà | funfun | ||
Ìjɛ/Ọ̀họ̀rí | Onigbolo | fufu | ||
Yewa | fufu | |||
Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | fũfũ | ||
Atakpamé | fũfũ | |||
Boko | fũfũ | |||
Moretan | fũfũ | |||
Tchetti | fũfũ | |||
Kura | Awotébi | fúfṹ | ||
Partago | fofu | |||
Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | fũfũ | ||
Northern Nago | Kambole | fũfũ | ||
Manigri | fõfũ | |||
Southern Nago | Kétu | funfun | ||
Ìkpɔ̀bɛ́ | funfun |
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