abuna
/əˈbuːnə/noun
abuna is spelled A-B-U-N-A: 5 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abuna means “The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abuna is abunas.
How many letters and syllables are in abuna?
| Letters | 5: A-B-U-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is abuna?
Abuna appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abuna?
- UK /əˈbuːnə/
Abuna has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abuna.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abuna?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abuna from its last stressed vowel (/unə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of abuna
- abunas plural
- abun
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abuna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
noun
- 1
The title of the leader, or patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abuna in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense head of the Abyssinian church:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | abouna |
| Portuguese | abuna |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abuna come from?
From Amharic አቡነ (ʾäbunä), Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).