Iunu
iunu
- (v.) to be slow
- (adj.) slow
- (adv.) slowly
Ale iunu, ale iunu…
“Go slow, go slow…”
Notes: This one’s a quote from a Fela Kuti song “Go Slow” (great one).
This iku is a bit of a mystery to me. We have the “ground” determinative there and also the “bad” line determinative, and that’s obvious enough. That “F” shape, though, has me puzzled… Could be something going fast (maybe a bird), and then the “bad” line determinative tells you it’s not that—i.e. it’s not fast, but slow.
OH! Ha, ha. Actually, it’s built off another glyph. So this one is both an ikuleyaka and an iku’ume. We haven’t seen that word yet, but now that I know it exists, I’ll be sure to put it up. I think it’s pretty good, the relationship; it makes sense.