funfun

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• فُنفُن

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.