sun
verb
/sũ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
-
to cry
Wọ́n ń sun ẹkún níbi ìsìnkú They're crying at the burial ground
-
to chant
Ọdẹ ni ó máa ń sun ìjálá, ìyàwó ni ó máa ń sun ẹkún-ìyàwó Hunters chant ìjálá, and brides chant the ẹkún-ìyàwó
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 3 entries spelled “sun”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Dialectal synonyms “to cry” 24 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- sọ
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- sọ
- Ìkòròdú
- sọ
- Ṣágámù
- sọ
- Òkìtìpupa
- hun
- Mahin
- hun
- Usẹn
- họn
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- sọsọn
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- họ́n
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- sụn
- Àkúrẹ́
- sụn
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- sụn
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- sun
- Èkó
- sun
- Ìbàdàn
- sun
- Ìlọrin
- sun
- Ọ̀yọ́
- sun
- Nàìjíríà
- sun
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- sun
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- hu
- Kabba
- hun
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Akpáré
- sɔ
- Atakpamɛ
- sɔ
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- sɔ
Used in
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Possibly used in
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Source: Wiktionary · etymology 4,
where this word is spelled “sun”.
Reference:
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