ụsụn

See also: usun, Usun, usuń, us'un, us-un, us 'un, and us un

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • ị̀sụn, òsun (Ekiti)

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊ̀.sʊ̃̄/

Noun

ụ̀sụn

  1. (Ekiti) a species of squirrel

Descendants

  • ụ̀sụndò
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