funfun

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root verb Proto-Yoruboid *-fũ, seem throughout Volta-Niger languages, Urhobo fuanfo, Edo fua (“to be white”), Ayere enfu, Ibibio fia, Ahwai farak, Blench suggests potentially Proto-Niger-Congo *-fu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fũ̄.fũ̄/

Verb

funfun

  1. to be white
    Ara rẹ̀ ti funfun.
    Her skin has turned white.

Noun

funfun

  1. whiteness, white color

Adjective

funfun

  1. white
    Fún mi l'áṣọ funfun.
    Give me the white cloth.
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