Entry:
sùnunkun
Glosses:
pile of trash
Example:
N’an kɛra fininkolon ye, an bɛ fili ɲaman sunun kun kan
‘If we are a rag, we are thrown on top of the pile of trash’
Or, in the song “Dunden” by Rokia Koné about the hardship of marrying into a new family:
I kɛ sunun ye. Ɲaman jugu bɛɛ ka kɛ i kan.
‘Be a trash heap. May all the filthy rubbish be upon you.’
Notes:
It is also related to a common first name Suntunkun (Fr. Sountoukoun, Sountoukoun, etc.) given to a child that is born following multiple dead babies.
It appears in Bamadaba
Variants:
sunkun; sunun