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	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)‎^[1], 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