ọwọn
Yoruba
Etymology
Cognates with Yoruba àwọn, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba àghan, Ifè àŋa, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-ọn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̀.wɔ̃̄/
Particle
ọ̀wọn
- (Ijebu) Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.
- Ọ̀wọn àdúmáadọ́n wèé éè mù bí Èdùmàrè ṣe súre wọn ― These dark and shining men are unaware how the Creator blessed them
Derived terms
- ọ̀wọ̀nwé (“these”)
- ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“these”)
Pronoun
ọ̀wọn
- (Ijebu) they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
- (Ijebu) she, he, they (emphatic honorific 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 |