awọn
See also: awon
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.wɔ̃́/
Noun
awọ́n
- (Igbomina) tongue
Alternative forms
- ahán, ahọ́n
Etymology 2
a- (“agent-creating prefix”) + wọ́n (“to be expensive”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.wɔ̃́/
Noun
awọ́n
- something or someone that is expensive
Etymology 3
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɓã, see Igala àma, Olukumi àwan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.wɔ̃̄/
Particle
àwọn
- Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.
Pronoun
àwọn
- they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
- he, she, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
Affirmative subject pronouns
singular | plural or honorific | |
---|---|---|
1st person | mo | a |
2nd person | o | ẹ |
3rd person | ó | wọ́n |
Negative subject pronouns
singular | plural or honorific | |
---|---|---|
1st person | mi / n | a |
2nd person | o | ẹ |
3rd person | [pronoun dropped] | wọn |
Object pronouns
singular | plural or honorific | |
---|---|---|
1st person | mi | wa |
2nd person | ọ / ẹ | yín |
3rd person | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | wọn |
Emphatic pronouns
singular | plural or honorific | |
---|---|---|
1st person | èmi | àwa |
2nd person | ìwọ | ẹ̀yin |
3rd person | òun | àwọn |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.wɔ̃̀/
Noun
àwọ̀n
- net
- veil
Derived terms
- àtòpọ̀-àwọ̀n (“network”)
- àwọ̀n ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)