owun
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- òun
Etymology
Cognate with Yoruba òun, Igala òñwù
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ò.wũ̄/
Pronoun
òwun
- (Ijebu) she/he/it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
Ijebu personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Affirmative Subject Pronoun | Negative Subject Pronoun | Emphatic Pronoun | Possessive Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Determiner | Reflexive Pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | mo | mí | èmi | tèmi | mi | ara mi | |
| Second | wo | wé | ùwọ | tiẹ | ẹ | ara ẹ | ||
| Third | ó, é | [pronoun dropped] | òwun, òun | tiẹ̀ | ẹ̀ | ara ẹ̀ | ||
| Plural and Honorific | First | a | á | àwa | tẹni | ẹni | ara ẹni | |
| Second | wẹn | wẹ́n | ẹ̀wẹn | tiwẹn | wẹn | ara wẹn | ||
| Third | wọ́n | ọ̀wọn | tiwọn | wọn | ara wọn | |||