usun

See also: Usun, usuń, and ụsụn

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Oromo isaan, Sidamo insa and Saho úsun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈusun/
  • Hyphenation: u‧sun

Pronoun

úsun

  1. they
    Úsun maaqó baaheeníh yenén. ― They had brought food.

See also
Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Subject Singular anú atú úsuk ís
Plural nanú isín úsun
Object Singular yó kó ká tét
Plural né sín kén

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ùsun”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Chuukese

Preposition

usun

  1. about (concerning)

Estonian

Verb

usun

  1. first-person singular present indicative of uskuma

Mogholi

Noun

usun

  1. water

References
  • Juha Janhunen, The Mongolic Languages (2006), →ISBN
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