ahun

ahun (uncountable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of iron, representing African-American Vernacular English.
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society 2016, page 6:

     “I told him to keep them in his pockets.” Versh said. “Holding on to that ahun gate.”

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• Haun, Huna

ahun

1. husband

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25

From *abu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, compare Karo Batak abu.

ahun

1. dust, powder

a- (“agent-creating prefix”) +‎ hún (“to itch”)

IPA^(key): /ā.hṹ/

ahún

1. itching
2. something or someone that itches

• awun
• aun (Èkìtì)

IPA^(key): /ā.hũ̄/

ahun

1. turtle, tortoise

   Synonyms: alábahun, ẹwìrì, ìjàpá

2. (idiomatic) greed, avarice
3. (idiomatic) miser, scrooge
4. (idiomatic) miserliness

IPA^(key): /ā.hũ̀/

ahùn

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