ụ̀sụn
noun
/ʊ̀.sʊ̃̄/
ị̀sụn (alternative), òsun (alternative)
Definitions
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a species of squirrel
Related wordsPossibly related wordsọ̀gbị́gbẹ́noun Wiktionary points at “ọ̀gbị́gbẹ́”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “òǹgbẹ”, which matches once underdots are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ọ̀gbị́gbẹ́” may be a word nobody has written up yet. òǹgbẹ thirst ukúnnoun Wiktionary points at “ukún”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “orókún”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ukún” may be a word nobody has written up yet. orókún knee
Etymology
Compare with Olukumi uhọn, Ifè ɛ̀sɔ̃, Ikale Yoruba ùhọngbẹ́, Ijebu Yoruba ùsu, Ondo Yoruba ùsọn, Itsekiri esugbẹ, see Proto-Yoruba *V̀-sʊ̃, *ʊ̀-sʊ̃, *ɛ̀-sʊ̃, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Edekiri *V̀-su. See potential cognates outside of Yoruboid, Ukaan ɛ̀-ʃú, Nupe etsú. Also possibly from ụ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + sụn (“to cry”), literally “that which cries”, which may refer to the loud crying that it produces
Component words
ụ̀-nominalizing prefixsụnto cry
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.
ìṣẹ̀noun
“ìṣẹ̀” lists “ìsun” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ìsun” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ìṣẹ̀
source, origin
source, originground squirrel
orísunnoun
“orísun” lists “ìsun” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring underdots. It may be a misspelling, or “ìsun” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
orísun
spring (a natural source of water)
spring (a natural source of water)squirrel; (in particular) ground squirrel
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.
ụ̀sụndò
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ụsụn”.
Reference:
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