Sùnunkun/sunun | pile of trash

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’

Source

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

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