oon
See also: -oon
Finnish
Verb
oon
- (colloquial) first-person singular present indicative of olla
Synonyms
- olen
See also
- oot
Noun
oon
- genitive singular of oo
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈoːn/, [ˈoːn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈoːn/, [ˈo̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -oːn
- Hyphenation: oon
Verb
oon
- first-person singular indicative present of olla
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122
Middle English
| 10 | ||||
| ← 0 | 1 | 2 → [a], [b] | 10 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: oon, oo Ordinal: first Adverbial: ene, enes, ones Multiplier: sengle Distributive: sengle | ||||
Alternative forms
- (numeral, pronoun):
- on, one, oen, oune, hon, none, an, anne, onne
- an, ane, auen, aune (Northern)
- auen, aune (north Midland)
- enne, onen, onenen (Kentish)
- en, an, ane (early)
- won, von, wone (late)
- (adverb): on, one; an (Northern); an, ane (early)
Etymology
From Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare an, oo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Numeral
oon
- one
- c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folios 6, verso – 7, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, January 2018:
- Almihti godd· feader· ſune· hali gaſt· aſ ȝe beoð ϸreo an godd: alſƿa ȝe beoð an mihte· an ƿiſdom· ⁊ an luue […]
- Almighty God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as both three and one, while being one Might, one Wisdom, and one Love […]
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Prologe of the Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́burẏ (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], OCLC 14061358, folio 63, verso, lines 438-440:
- And but ye do / c[er]teyn we shal yow teche / that it is fair / to han a wyf in pees / Oon of vs two / moſte bowen doutelees
- And unless you do, we'll certainly teach you / that it's fair to have a wife in peace; / one of the two of us must without doubt submit.
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Pronoun
oon
- one
Adverb
oon
- singly, by oneself, by itself
Related terms
- allone
- elleven
- onen
- ooneyed
- oonly
Descendants
- English: one, an, a, yan (dialectal)
- Scots: ane, wan, yin, ae
- Yola: oan, own, ane
References
- p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
- “ō̆n, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “ō̆n, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “ō̆n, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yucatec Maya
Noun
oon
- avocado