jẹun
verb
/d͡ʒɛ̄.ũ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
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to eat food
Màá ṣiṣẹ́ tán kí n tó jẹun ọ̀sán lénìí. I'll finish the work before I eat lunch today.
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to make a living
Kí ni wọ́n ń ṣe jẹun? What do they do for a living?Similar wordsgbọ́ bùkátà
Etymology
From jẹ (“to eat”) + ohun (“thing”).
Used in
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
ajeumPortuguese
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “jẹun”.
Reference:
en-jẹun-yo-verb--GhTRT14