ọyún
noun
/ɔ̄.jṹ/
Definitions
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pus
Similar wordsèétúnoun ètítúnoun 2 entries are spelled “ètítú”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ètítú alternative form of èétú (“pus”) èétú pusPossibly similar wordsètútúnoun Wiktionary points at “ètútú”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ètùtù”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ètútú” may be a word nobody has written up yet. ètùtù propitiation, atonementUsed inìlé-ọyún
Etymology
ọ- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yún (“to itch, to scratch”), literally “The place where it itches”
Component words
ọnominalizing prefix
3 entries are spelled “ọ”. The etymology calls it “nominalizing prefix”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
ọ
The seventeenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ọ́ and written in the Latin script.
ọ
you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb)
ọ
him, her, it (third-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /ɔ/)
yúnto itch, to scratch
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọyun”.
Reference:
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