ukun
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ukun/
Verb
ukun
Oroqen
Noun
ukun
Somali
Etymology
Cognate with Jiiddu okon,[1] Qimant ənkʷlal, Blin käxala, Iraqw qanhhi.
Noun
ukun f
- egg
- 2019, “Haweeney Ukun madaxa uga dhufatay Ra'iisul wasaaraha Australia”, in BBC News[1]:
- Bishii Maarso, Senator Fraser Anning oo ka tirsan xisbiga Midigta fog ayaa ukun lagu dhuftay kaddib markii uu si xooggan u dhaleeceeyay wararkii ku saabsanaa weerarradii masaajiddadii magaalada Christchurch ee New Zealand.
- In March, Senator Fraser Anning of the far right party was hit with an egg after he strongly criticized the news about the attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
References
- ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN
Tetum
Etymology
From Malay hukum, ultimately from Arabic.
Verb
ukun
- to govern