ẹkun

 

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-kʊ̃̀, equivalent to ẹ- (“agent prefix”) +‎ kùn (“to growl, grumble”), literally “That which growls”. Cognate with Igala ẹ́kọ̀, Igbo agụ

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.kũ̀/

ẹkùn

1. leopard
2. (inexact) big cat; tiger

• In modern context the word is used to refer to non-African big cats (ex. tiger, jaguar)

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.kũ̀/

ẹkùn

1. district, region, neighbourhood

   Synonyms: àdúgbò, ọ̀gbọ́n

From ẹ- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kún (“to cry”)

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̄.kṹ/

ẹkún

1. tears, cry, weeping

• sunkún (“to cry”)

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kún (“to fill”), literally “That which is fill, that which is complete”.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.kṹ/

ẹ̀kún

1. fulfillment, fulness, completion