ikùn
noun
/ī.kũ̀/
Definitions
- abdomen, belly
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big belly, potbelly, paunch
Ó jẹun, ó yọ ikùn He was well fed, and thus he grew a potbelly
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mind
Ó fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà pamọ́ sí odò ikùn He stored the matter in his mind
Dialectal synonyms “stomach, belly” 30 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ọ̀bà Àkókó
- ukù
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ukù
- Àgọ́ Ìwòyè
- ukù
- Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó
- ukù
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ukù
- Ìkẹ́nnẹ́
- ukù
- Ìkòròdú
- ukù
- Òde Rẹ́mọ
- ukù
- Ṣágámù
- ukù
- Òkìtìpupa
- ukù
- Oǹdó
- ukù
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- ukùn
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- inọ́
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- ínọ́
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ukù
- Ìfàkì Èkìtì
- ịnụ́ukù
- Àkúrẹ́
- ukù
- Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín/Ùláá
- ukù
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- ikù
Northwest Yoruba
- Èkó
- ikùn
- Ìbàdàn
- ikùn
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- ikù
- Ìlọrin
- ikùn
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ikùn
- Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)
- ikùn
- Ìkirè
- ikùn
- Ìwó
- ikùn
- Nàìjíríà
- ikùn
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ikùn
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- àkpòláinɔ́
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These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
stomach, abdomen
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2,
where this word is spelled “ikun”.
Reference:
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