FromProto-Gbe*-ʁʷũ. Cognates includeFonhùn,Saxwe Gbeɛhùn,Saxwe Gbeahùn,Adjaehùn

• hùn

• IPA^(key):/ò.hũ̀/,/ō.hũ̀/

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òhùnorohùn (pluralòhùn lɛ́oròhùn lẹ́orohùn lɛ́orohùn lẹ́)

1. blood

Cognates includeFonhùn,Saxwe Gbeohùn,Adjaehun,Eweevu

• hún

• IPA^(key):/ò.hṹ/,/ō.hṹ/

òhúnorohún (pluralòhún lɛ́oròhún lẹ́orohún lɛ́orohún lẹ́)

1. drum

FromProto-Gbe*-ʁʷṹ. Cognates includeFonhún,Saxwe Gbeohùn,Adjaehun,Eweʋu

• hún

• IPA^(key):/ō.hṹ/

ohún (pluralohún lɛ́orohún lẹ́)

1. vehicle,car

• وْهُن

Compare withIgalaẹ́nwu

• IPA^(key):/ō.hũ̄/

ohun

1. thing

   Synonyms:nǹkan,unun,unrun

   ohun tí a bá ṣe pẹ̀sẹ̀, kí a máá fi ṣe ìkánjú; b'ó pẹ́ títíohun gbogbó á tọwọ́ ẹni

   What we can do very easily, we should not be done hurriedly, for after a long while, allthings will come to our hands

   (proverb on patience)

ohun

1. what,whatever

   ohun t'á a fẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ ṣọ́ níí ṣọ́ ―Whatever we give Ẹlẹ́mọ̀ṣọ́ to guard is what he guards(proverb against eavesdropping)

• Serves as a head of a relative clause introduced bytí

Proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*ó-ɓũ̀(“sound,language”). Compare withIgalaómù,Itsekiriowùn, possiblyIgboonu

• owùn
• oùn
• eréwùn,eréùn

• IPA^(key):/ō.hũ̀/

ohùn

1. voice,sound

   Synonym:ìró

   a óò gbọ́ohùn ìyá, a óò gbọ́ohùn ọmọ ―May we hear thevoice of the mother, may we hear thevoice of the baby(prayer for a pregnant woman)

2. tone,accent
3. speech,utterance

   Synonyms:ifọ̀,ọ̀rọ̀

   ìjìnlẹ̀ohùn ẹnu Ifá ―The philosophicalspeech from the mouth of Ifa