yow
See also: Yow and -yow
English
Noun
yow (plural yows)
- Alternative form of yowe
Interjection
yow
- Expression of pain; ouch.
- Yow! I dropped it on my toe!
- Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
- You've been divorced four times? Yow!
Synonyms
- ouch, youch
Anagrams
- Wyo.
Huave
Noun
yow
- water
Derived terms
- awiich yow
- ayar yow
- lamiyow
- landeow yow
- miyow
- neyow
- oniiüg yow
- üüch yow
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 184–185
Middle English
Alternative forms
- yowe, you, youe, yo, yoe, yogh, yaw, yew, yhu, yu, yw, yhow, ȝou, ȝow, ȝouȝ, ȝowȝ, ȝo, ȝowe, ȝu, ȝw, ȝue, ȝiow, ȝeu, ȝew, ȝewe, ȝaw, ȝhow, ȝhowe, ȝiu, ȝeow, ȝehw, ȝuw, gow, gu, giu, geu, geau, eou, eow, eo, eowe, eu, euwȝ, ou, ow, æu, owe, hou, heou, heu
Etymology
From Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Initial /j/ is by analogy with ye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juː/, /jiu̯/
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /uː/, /iu̯/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /ju/
Pronoun
yow (nominative ye)
- Second-person plural object pronoun: you (plural).
- (formal) second-person singular object pronoun: you (singular).
Descendants
- English: you
- Scots: you
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 | min | ||
| 2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 | þin | |||
| 3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 | him | his | his hisen | |
| f | sche, heo | hire heo | hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
| n | hit | hit him2 | his, hit | — | |||
| dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
| 2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
| plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
| 2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
| 3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 | hem | here | here heres, heren | |
| bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren | |||
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “you, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.
Scots
Etymology
Uncertain; most likely from Old English ēow.
Pronoun
yow (personal, emphatic)
- (South Scots) you
See also
- ee
Whitesands
Noun
yow
- turtle
References
- Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 81
Wolof
Pronunciation
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Pronoun
yow
- you (second-person singular subject pronoun)
See also
Wolof personal pronouns
| singular subject | plural subject | singular object | plural object | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | man | nun | ma | nu |
| 2nd person | yow | yeen | la | leen |
| 3rd person | moom | ñoom | ko | leen |
Yapese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔw/
Pronoun
yow
- Third-person dual pronoun; they two
See also
Yapese personal pronouns
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First* | inclusive | gadow | gadaed | |
| exclusive | gaeg | gamow | gamaed | |
| Second | guur | gimeew | gimeed | |
| Third | qiir | yow | yaed | |
| Other expressions | ||||
| Partitive** | bagyow | bagyaed | ||
| * The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural). | ||||
References
- Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135