ukun

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Iban[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ukun

  1. to tidy up, to arrange
    Uji ukun dulu bilik nuan nya ― Please tidy up your room.

Oroqen[edit]

Noun[edit]

ukun

  1. breast
  2. udder

Somali[edit]

ukun

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Jiiddu okon,[1] Qimant ənkʷlal, Blin käxala, Iraqw qanhhi.

Noun[edit]

ukun f

  1. 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[edit]

  1. ^ Salim Alio Ibro (1998) English-Jiddu-Somali Mini-Dictionary, Victoria, Australia: La Trobe University Language Center, →ISBN

Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay hukum, ultimately from Arabic.

Verb[edit]

ukun

  1. to govern
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