Alunlunsun

Gun

Etymology

From alúnlún (dry season) +‎ sùn (month), literally the month of the dry season. Cognates include Fon Aluúnsùn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.lṹ.lṹ.sũ̀/
  • Audio (Nigeria):(file)

Proper noun

Alúnlúnsùn

  1. January, this month happened during the second part of harmattan in the traditional agricultural-religious-lunar calendar of the Gun people, and other Gbe speaking peoples of southwestern Nigeria, southern Benin and Togo, and southeastern Ghana.
  • Gregorian calendar months (Benin): osùn xwè tɔ̀nedit
    • Alúnlúnsùn
    • Afínkplɔ́sùn
    • Xwèjísùn
    • Lìdósùn
    • Núxwàsùn
    • Ayìdósùn
    • Lìyàsùn
    • Avivɔ̀sùn
    • Zósùn
    • Kɔ́nyàsùn
    • Abɔ̀xúsùn
    • Awéwésùn
  • Gregorian calendar months (Nigeria): osùn whè tọ̀nedit
    • Alúnlúnsùn
    • Afínplọ́sùn
    • Whèjísùn
    • Lìdósùn
    • Núwhàsùn
    • Ayìdósùn
    • Lìyàsùn
    • Avivọ̀sùn
    • Zósùn
    • Kọ́yànsùn
    • Abọ̀húsùn
    • Awéwésùn

References

  1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237373143_Perception_du_climat_et_calendrier_agricole_chez_les_Fon_du_Sud_du_Togo_et_du_Benin