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Abun

name, noun, prep

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language, sometimes considered an isolate and sometimes considered West Papuan, spoken in Papua and divided into the dialects Abun Tat (Karon Pantai), Abun Ji (Madik), and Abun Je.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of abuna. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Father, the title of a bishop in an Ethiopian or Coptic church.
Preposition
  1. 1
    Alternative form of aboon (“above”). Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, obsolete

Etymology

From Amharic or Tigrinya አቡነ (ʾäbunä), or from a similar Classical Syriac word.

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