Description:

The term 'azun' pertains to drying and dryness.

Verb:

As a verb, 'azun' is a transitive skurunb verb meaning 'to dry something', taking an ergative subject doing doing the drying and an absolutive thing dried. It is often used in an antipassive pali form with the idiomatic implication that the absolutive subject is drying itself.

Noun:

As a noun, 'azun' is the word for 'drought'; a dreaded word in our age. A major drought might be called a 'roázun'. It can also refer to a dry place or desert, which might also be referred to as a 'azunstep'. A 'azunwala' or 'azunca' might both refer to a drying machine as used in a laundry or in a well-off home - a simple clothes line or drying rack might be just a 'azunca'. 'Azunca' is also a word for 'towel'.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'azunys' just means 'dry'. Unlike in English, where referring to a person as 'dry' refers to a humourous sensibility, calling a person 'azunys' is saying they are serious and humourless in Common