# ohun
## Gun
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷũ. Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ɛhùn, Saxwe Gbe ahùn, Adja ehùn

#### Alternative forms

* hùn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ò.hũ̀/, /ō.hũ̀/
* Audio (Nigeria):(file)

#### Noun

òhùn or ohùn (plural òhùn lɛ́ or òhùn lẹ́ or ohùn lɛ́ or ohùn lẹ́)
* blood

### Etymology 2

Cognates include Fon hùn, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe evu

#### Alternative forms

* hún

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ò.hṹ/, /ō.hṹ/

#### Noun

òhún or ohún (plural òhún lɛ́ or òhún lẹ́ or ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)
* drum

##### Derived terms

* ohúnhòtọ́ (“drummer”)
* ohúnxòtɔ́ (“drummer”)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Gbe *-ʁʷṹ. Cognates include Fon hún, Saxwe Gbe ohùn, Adja ehun, Ewe ʋu

#### Alternative forms

* hún

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.hṹ/

#### Noun

ohún (plural ohún lɛ́ or ohún lẹ́)
* vehicle, car

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* وْهُن

### Etymology 1

Compare with Igala ẹ́nwu

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.hũ̄/

#### Noun

ohun
* thing
    Synonyms: nǹkan, unun, unrun
    ohun tí a bá ṣe pẹ̀sẹ̀, kí a máá fi ṣe ìkánjú; b'ó pẹ́ títí ohun gbogbó á tọwọ́ ẹniWhat we can do very easily, we should not be done hurriedly, for after a long while, all things will come to our hands (proverb on patience)

#### Pronoun

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

##### Usage notes

* Serves as a head of a relative clause introduced by tí

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ohun (“thing”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ào | Ìdóàní | urun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ọ̀bà | Ọ̀bà Àkókó | uun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | urun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | urun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | urun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | irun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | urun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | unrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | unrun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | uun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ughun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | ohun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | urun |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | urun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | uun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | uun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | uun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ohun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ughun, unghun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | unwun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ihun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | ihun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ihun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | iŋɛ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | iŋɛ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | iŋɛ́ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìsakété | ihun |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Southern Nago | Southern Nago | Ìfànyìn | ihun |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

##### Derived terms

* nǹkan
* ohunkóhun (“anything”)
* olóhun (“owner”)
* oúnjẹ (“food”)
* òǹ-

### Etymology 2

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ɓũ̀ (“sound, language”). Compare with Igala ómù, Itsekiri owùn, possibly Igbo onu

#### Alternative forms

* owùn
* oùn
* eréwùn, eréùn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ō.hũ̀/

#### Noun

ohùn
* voice, sound
    Synonym: ìró
    a óò gbọ́ ohùn ìyá, a óò gbọ́ ohùn ọmọ ― May we hear the voice of the mother, may we hear the voice of the baby (prayer for a pregnant woman)
* tone, accent
* speech, utterance
    Synonyms: ifọ̀, ọ̀rọ̀
    ìjìnlẹ̀ ohùn ẹnu Ifá ― The philosophical speech from the mouth of Ifa

##### Synonyms

| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | eréùn, eréwùn, oùn, owùn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | - |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | oùn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | ohùn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Òǹkò | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | ohùn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | ohùn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìjùmú | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | - |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | ohùn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ọ̀wọ̀rọ̀ | - |

##### Derived terms

* dá lóhùn (“to answer”)
* dáhùn (“to answer”)
* ewì alohùn (“oral poetry”)
* ẹ̀rọ amóhùngbilẹ̀ (“amplifier”)
* ẹ̀rọ gbohùngbohùn (“microphone”)
* gbohùngbohùn (“echo”)
* gbólóhùn (“sentence”)
* ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low tone”)
* ohùn òkè (“high tone”)
* olóhùn (“vocal”)
* àmì ohùn (“tonal mark”)
* èdè olóhùn (“tonal language”)
* òhùn ààrin (“mid tone”)