ohun

== Gun == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ. Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn and Ewe ʋu. ==== Alternative forms ==== hùn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ò.hũ̀/, /ō.hũ̀/ ==== Noun ==== òhùn or ohùn (plural òhùn lɛ́ or òhùn lẹ́ or ohùn lɛ́ or ohùn lẹ́) blood === Etymology 2 === Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun and Ewe ʋu. ==== Alternative forms ==== hún ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ò.hṹ/, /ō.hṹ/ ==== Noun ==== òhún or ohún (plural òhún lɛ́ or òhún lẹ́ or ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́) drum ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷṹ. Cognates include Fon hún, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun and Ewe ʋu. ==== Alternative forms ==== hún ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.hṹ/ ==== Noun ==== ohún (plural ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́) vehicle, car ==== References ==== == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === وْهُن === Etymology 1 === Compare with Igala ẹ́nwu ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.hũ̄/ ==== Noun ==== ohun thing Synonyms: nǹkan, unun, unrun (proverb on patience) ==== Pronoun ==== ohun what, whatever ohun t'á a fẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ ṣọ́ níí ṣọ́ ― Whatever we give Ẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ to guard is what he guards (proverb against eavesdropping) ===== Usage notes ===== Serves as a head of a relative clause introduced by tí ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ̀ (“sound, language”). Compare with Igala ómù, Itsekiri owùn, possibly Igbo onu ==== Alternative forms ==== owùn oùn eréwùn, eréùn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ō.hũ̀/ ==== Noun ==== ohùn voice, sound Synonym: ìró a óò gbọ́ ohùn ìyá, a óò gbọ́ ohùn ọmọ ― May we hear the voice of the mother, may we hear the voice of the baby (prayer for a pregnant woman) tone, accent speech, utterance Synonyms: ifọ̀, ọ̀rọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀ ohùn ẹnu Ifá ― The philosophical speech from the mouth of Ifa ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms =====