uwọn

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Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba uwán, Èkìtì Yoruba ụọ́n, Ìgbómìnà Yoruba awọ́n, Yoruba ahọ́n, from proposed Proto-Yoruboid form, Proto-Yoruboid *ʊ́-ɓã́

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ū.wɔ̃́/

Noun[edit]

uwọ́n

(Ijebu) tongue

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ū.wɔ̃̀/

Noun[edit]

uwọ̀n

(Ijebu) molestation
(Ijebu) unprovoked hostility

Etymology 3[edit]

From ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wọ̀n (“to measure”). Cognate with Yoruba ìwọ̀n

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ù.wɔ̃̀/

Noun[edit]

ùwọ̀n

(Ijebu) measurement

Derived terms[edit]

ùwọ̀nba (“appropriate”)

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