ikun

Chinese

Etymology

From 爱坤, referring to a fan of Cai Xukun. "I" is from 愛／爱 (ài), and "kun" is from 坤 (kūn), part of 蔡徐坤 (Cài Xúkūn), the singer's name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àikūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àikūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àikun
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-kʻun¹
    • Yale: ài-kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aykuen
    • Palladius: айкунь (ajkunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

Noun

ikun

1. (Internet slang, humorous) a fan of Cai Xukun, often used ironically after Cai Xukun's promotional NBA video where he appears to dribble a basketball, mocked on the website Bilibili.

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ, compare Acehnese iku.

Noun

ikun

1. tail

Yoruba

Etymology 1

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kùn (“to grumble, growl”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.kũ̀/

Noun

ìkùn

1. murmur, grumble, grumbling, growl
2. voice

   Synonym: ohùn

Related terms

• ẹkùn

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ikù (Ìgbómìnà, Oǹdó, Ifẹ̀)
• ukù (Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀)
• ukùn (Ọ̀wọ̀)

 

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kũ̀/

Noun

ikùn

1. abdomen, belly
2. big belly, potbelly, paunch

   Ó jẹun, ó yọ ikùn ― He was well fed, and thus he grew a potbelly

3. mind

   Ó fi ọ̀rọ̀ náà pamọ́ sí odò ikùn ― He stored the matter in his mind

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kṹ/

Noun

ikún

1. A species of ground squirrel; (in particular), Euxerus erythropus, in Yoruba legends it is believed to be deaf

   Elétí dídi bí ikún ― The one who is deaf like the ground squirrel

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kũ̄/

Noun

ikun

1. nose mucus

   Synonyms: ògbògbo, kàtá

Derived terms

• otìtù oníkun (“catarrh”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.kṹ/

Noun

ìkún

1. lower waist, thigh

   Synonym: itan