Alunlunsun

Gun

Etymology

From alúnlún (“dry season”) +‎ sùn (“month”), literally “the month of the dry season”. Cognates include Fon Aluúnsùn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.lṹ.lṹ.sũ̀/

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Proper noun

Alúnlúnsùn

1. January, this month happened during the second part of harmattan in the traditional agricultural-religious-lunar calendar of the Gun people, and other Gbe speaking peoples of southwestern Nigeria, southern Benin and Togo, and southeastern Ghana.

Related terms

• Gregorian calendar months (Benin): osùn xwè tɔ̀nedit

  • Alúnlúnsùn
  • Afínkplɔ́sùn
  • Xwèjísùn
  • Lìdósùn
  • Núxwàsùn
  • Ayìdósùn
  • Lìyàsùn
  • Avivɔ̀sùn
  • Zósùn
  • Kɔ́nyàsùn
  • Abɔ̀xúsùn
  • Awéwésùn
• Gregorian calendar months (Nigeria): osùn whè tọ̀nedit

  • Alúnlúnsùn
  • Afínplọ́sùn
  • Whèjísùn
  • Lìdósùn
  • Núwhàsùn
  • Ayìdósùn
  • Lìyàsùn
  • Avivọ̀sùn
  • Zósùn
  • Kọ́yànsùn
  • Abọ̀húsùn
  • Awéwésùn

References

1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237373143_Perception_du_climat_et_calendrier_agricole_chez_les_Fon_du_Sud_du_Togo_et_du_Benin