dùn
verb
/dũ̀/
Definitions
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to be sweet, to be pleasant
Used inPossibly used indídùnsweet Wiktionary points at “dídùn”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “dúdú”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “dídùn” may be a word nobody has written up yet. dúdú to be black, dark, deep green or deep blue dúdú black; dark; deep green; deep blue dúdú blackness; black colour
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “dùn”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
Cognates include Itsekiri yọ̀n, Olukumi yọ̀n, Ifè ɖɔ̃̀. Likely from the same root as yọ̀n and the /y/ alternatives.
Dialectal synonyms “to be sweet” 34 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- yàn
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- yùn
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- yùn
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- yùn
- Ìkòròdú
- yùn
- Ṣágámù
- yùn
- Òkìtìpupa
- yọ̀n
- Mahin
- yọ̀n
- Oǹdó
- yọ̀n
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- yọ̀n
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- yọ̀n
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- yọ̀n
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- yụ̀ndụ̀n
- Àkúrẹ́
- yụ̀ndụ̀n
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- yụ̀ndụ̀n
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- dùn
- Èkó
- dùn
- Ìbàdàn
- dùn
- Ìlọrin
- dùn
- Òtù
- dọ̀n
- Ìwéré Ilé
- dọ̀n
- Òkèhò
- dùn
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- dọ̀n
- Ṣakí
- dọ̀n
- Tedé
- dùn
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- dùn
- Ọ̀yọ́
- dùn
- Nàìjíríà
- dùn
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- dùn
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- dùn
- Kabba
- dùn
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- ɖɔ̃̀
- Atakpamɛ
- ɖɔ̃̀
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ɖɔ̃̀
Listed as an opposite 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.
to be bitter
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “dun”.
Reference:
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