ohun

Gun

Ohùn àlɔ̀ví / Ohùn àlọ̀ví

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ. Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn

Alternative forms

• hùn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.hũ̀/, /ō.hũ̀/

• Audio (Nigeria)

  (file)

Noun

òhùn or ohùn (plural òhùn lɛ́ or òhùn lẹ́ or ohùn lɛ́ or ohùn lẹ́)

1. blood

Etymology 2

Ohún ɖòkpó / Ohún dòpó

Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe evu

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)

1. drum

Derived terms

• ohúnhòtọ́ (“drummer”)
• ohúnxòtɔ́ (“drummer”)

 

Etymology 3

Ohún ɖòkpó / Ohún dòpó

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷṹ. Cognates include Fon hún, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe ʋu

Alternative forms

• hún

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.hṹ/

Noun

ohún (plural ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)

1. vehicle, car

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• وْهُن

Etymology 1

Compare with Igala ẹ́nwu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.hũ̄/

Noun

ohun

1. thing

   Synonyms: nǹkan, unun, unrun

   ohun tí a bá ṣe pẹ̀sẹ̀, kí a máá fi ṣe ìkánjú; b'ó pẹ́ títí ohun gbogbó á tọwọ́ ẹni

   What we can do very easily, we should not be done hurriedly, for after a long while, all things will come to our hands

   (proverb on patience)

Pronoun

ohun

1. 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

Yoruba varieties

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	urun, irun
		Ìkálẹ̀	unrun
		Ìlàjẹ	-
		Oǹdó	uun
		Ọ̀wọ̀	ughun
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	uun
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	-
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	-
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ohun
		Òǹkò	-
		Ọ̀yọ́	ohun
		Standard Yorùbá	ohun
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	ughun, unghun
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Derived terms

• nǹkan
• ohunkóhun (“anything”)
• olóhun (“owner”)
• oúnjẹ (“food”)
• òǹ-

 

Etymology 2

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ̀ (“sound, language”). Compare with Igala ómù, Itsekiri owùn

Alternative forms

• owùn
• oùn
• eréwùn, eréùn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.hũ̀/

Noun

ohùn

1. 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)

2. tone, accent
3. speech, utterance

   Synonyms: ifọ̀, ọ̀rọ̀

   ìjìnlẹ̀ ohùn ẹnu Ifá ― The philosophical speech from the mouth of Ifa

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties

Language Family	Variety Group	Variety	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	eréùn, eréwùn, oùn, owùn
		Ìkálẹ̀	-
		Ìlàjẹ	-
		Oǹdó	-
		Ọ̀wọ̀	-
		Usẹn	-
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	oùn
		Ifẹ̀	-
		Ìgbómìnà	-
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	-
		Western Àkókó	-
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	-
		Ẹ̀gbá	-
		Ìbàdàn	ohùn
		Òǹkò	-
		Ọ̀yọ́	ohùn
		Standard Yorùbá	ohùn
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìbùnú	-
		Ìjùmú	-
		Ìyàgbà	-
		Owé	ohùn
		Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀	-

Derived terms

• dá lóhùn (“to answer”)
• dáhùn (“to answer”)
• ewì alohùn (“oral poetry”)
• ẹ̀rọ amóhùngbilẹ̀ (“amplifier”)
• ẹ̀rọ gbohùngbohùn (“microphone”)
• gbohùngbohùn (“echo”)
• gbólóhùn (“sentence”)
• ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low tone”)
• ohùn òkè (“high tone”)
• olóhùn (“vocal”)
• àmì ohùn (“tonal mark”)
• èdè olóhùn (“tonal language”)
• òhùn ààrin (“mid tone”)