adùn
noun
/ā.dũ̀/
ادُن (alternative)
Definitions
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sweetness, pleasure
Similar wordsoyinnoun 2 entries are spelled “oyin”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. oyin bee oyin African mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis), of which the seeds of its fruit are used in soups like ọgbọnọ and ààpọ̀n
- Something that is sweet or pleasurable
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + dùn (“to be sweet”).
Component words
a-agent prefixdùnto be sweet
Used in
Possibly derived from
Each of these pages lists a word as built from it, spelled a little differently from this one — a different tone mark, or an underdot this word doesn't have.
Tone and underdots are what tell two Yorùbá words apart, so we can't say whether the other page meant this word and mistyped it, or meant a word that has no page here yet.
Writing that word up on Wiktionary settles it. How to help.
dúnverb
“dún” lists “adún” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “adún” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
dún
to emit a sound
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
sweetness
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “adun”.
Reference:
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