ọwọn

Yoruba

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɓã. A distinctive marker of Proto-Itsekiri-SEY from Proto-Yoruba is the lack of differing second and third person plural pronouns. This distinction continues in the present in Itsekiri and amongst all Southeast Yoruba varieties except Ìjẹ̀bú, which uses ẹ̀wẹn and ọ̀wọn, respectively. Cognates include Itsekiri àghan, Yoruba àwọn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ọ̀wọn, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà, Èkìtì Yoruba ìn-ọn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀.wɔ̃̄/

Particle

ọ̀wọn

  1. (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

Pronoun

ọ̀wọn

  1. (Ijebu) they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
  2. (Ijebu) she, he, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Ijebu personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo mèé mi èmi
2nd person wo wé ẹ ìwọ
3rd person ó, é [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òwun, òun
plural 1st person a á ẹni àwa
2nd person wẹn wẹ́n wẹn ẹ̀wẹn
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn ọ̀wọn
1 Object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.
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