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See also: Arun and a-rūn

Itsekiri

Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ẹnu, Olukumi ẹrun, Owé Yoruba arun, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹrụn, Oǹdó Yoruba ẹun, and Igbo ọ́nú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃.

See Standard Yorùbá entry ẹnu for other terms used in the Yoruboid linguistic continuum.

Pronunciation

Noun

arun

  1. mouth

Derived terms

  • ukpárun (“lips”)
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Old English

Alternative forms

Verb

arun

  1. Northumbrian form of earon

Yoruba

Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    àrùn

    1. disease, illness
      Synonyms: àìsàn, àmódi
      àrùn l'à á wò, a kì í wo ikú ― it a disease we cure, we do not cure death
    2. defect, inadequacy, problem
    Derived terms
    • aṣokùnfà-àrùn (“pathogen”)
    • ẹ̀kọ́ àrùn-ara (“pathology”)
    • ọ̀lẹ́dàrùn (“lazy person”)
    • àjàkálẹ̀ àrùn (“epidemic, pandemic”)
    • àrùn abẹ́gẹ̀ẹ́jà (“bacterial blight of cassava”)
    • àrùn abàwọ̀jẹ́-sọnidiwèrè (“pellagra”)
    • àrùn abò-ìgàyà (“pleurisy”)
    • àrùn agbọ̀nà-ọ̀fun (“diphtheria”)
    • àrùn amúṣurà (“yam tuber rot”)
    • àrùn apèdèrẹ́ (“aphasia”)
    • àrùn awọ-ara (“dematitis”)
    • àrùn awú (“Cacao swollen shoot virus”)
    • àrùn ẹ̀jẹ̀ (“hepatitis”)
    • àrùn ẹ̀yi (“measles”)
    • àrùn ibà (“malaria”)
    • àrùn ilẹ̀-olóoru (“tropical disease”)
    • àrùn jẹjẹrẹ (“cancer”)
    • àrùn jẹnujẹsẹ̀ (“Foot-and-mouth disease”)
    • àrùn jẹ̀dọ̀jẹ̀dọ̀ (“tuberculosis”)
    • àrùn jàkùtẹ̀ (“elephantiasis”)
    • àrùn kẹ́yùn-ún (“foot rot”)
    • àrùn kányàn-án (“foot rot, infectious pododermatitis”)
    • àrùn kòkòrò inú-afẹ́fẹ́ (“bacterial disease”)
    • àrùn kòrìkòrì (“black pod disease”)
    • àrùn máasùn-máasùn (“sleeping sickness”)
    • àrùn okó-kíkú (“erectile dysfunction”)
    • àrùn onígbáméjì (“cholera”)
    • àrùn rẹwé-rẹwé (“stalk rot”)
    • àrùn rọ́wọrọsẹ̀ (“polio, stroke”)
    • àrùn sun-unrun-sun-unrun (“sleeping sickness”)
    • àrùn sífílì (“syphillis”)
    • àrùn yírùn-yírùn (“meningitis”)
    • àrùn àbèǹtè (“disease”)
    • àrùn àbímọ́ (“congenital”)
    • àrùn àbínibí (“congenital disease”)
    • àrùn àmọ́ (“pancreatitis”)
    • àrùn àpò-ọkàn (“pericarditis”)
    • àrùn ìbẹ̀rù-àjèjì (“xenophobia”)
    • àrùn ìdílé (“genetic disorder”)
    • àrùn-ẹ̀gbin-omi (“waterborne disease”)
    • àrùn-ẹ̀jẹ̀-ríru (“hypertension”)
    • àrùn-ẹ̀tẹ̀ (“leprosy”)
    • àrùn-ipá (“tetanus”)
    • àrùn-iwe (“Chronic kidney disease”)
    • àrùn-oníkòkòrò-àìrí (“viral disease”)
    • àrùn-ọkàn (“heart disease”)
    • àrùn-ọpọlọ (“mental disease”)
    • àrùn-ọpọlọ ada-èrò-òun-ìṣe-rú (“schizophrenia”)
    • àrùn-àtọ̀gbẹ (“diabetes”)
    • àrùn-àtọ̀sí (“gonorrhea”)
    • àrùn-ètè (“lipomatosis”)
    • àrùn-ìgbàgbé (“amnesia”)
    • àrùn-ìtìsíwájú nípa ìkákò (“peristalsis”)

    References

    • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎, number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

    Etymology 2

      Yoruba numbers (edit)
      50
       ←  4 5 6  → 
          Cardinal: àrún
          Counting: aárùn-ún
          Adjectival: márùn-ún
          Ordinal: karùn-ún
          Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀marùn-ún
          Distributive: márùn-ún márùn-ún
          Collective: márààrùn-ún
          Fractional: ìdámárùn-ún

      Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lʊ́, cognate with Igala ẹ̀lú, Olukumi ẹ̀rú, Westerman proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nu- (“five, hand”)

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      Numeral

      àrún

      1.  five

      Etymology 3

        Cognate with Olukumi ẹrun and Igbo ọ́nú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        arun

        1. (Owe, Ào) mouth
        Synonyms
        More information Yoruba varieties and languages: ẹnu (“mouth”), Language family ...
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