Alunlunsun
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Gun
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alúnlún (“dry season”) + sùn (“month”), literally “the month of the dry season”. Cognates include Fon Aluúnsùn
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alúnlúnsùn
- January, this month happened during the second part of harmattan in the traditional agricultural-religious-lunar calendar of the Gun people, and other Gbe speaking peoples of southwestern Nigeria, southern Benin and Togo, and southeastern Ghana.
Related terms
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) osùn xwè tɔ̀n; Alúnlúnsùn (“January”), Afínkplɔ́sùn (“Februrary”), Xwèjísùn (“March”), Lìdósùn (“April”), Núxwàsùn (“May”), Ayìdósùn (“June”), Lìyàsùn (“July”), Avivɔ̀sùn (“August”), Zósùn (“September”), Kɔ́nyàsùn (“October”), Abɔ̀xúsùn (“November”), Awéwésùn (“December”) (Category: guw:Months)
- (Gregorian calendar months) osùn whè tọ̀n; Alúnlúnsùn (“January”), Afínplọ́sùn (“Februrary”), Whèjísùn (“March”), Lìdósùn (“April”), Núwhàsùn (“May”), Ayìdósùn (“June”), Lìyàsùn (“July”), Avivọ̀sùn (“August”), Zósùn (“September”), Kọ́yànsùn (“October”), Abọ̀húsùn (“November”), Awéwésùn (“December”) (Category: guw:Months)