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
Number Person Affirmative Subject Pronoun Negative Subject Pronoun Emphatic Pronoun Possessive Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner Reflexive Pronoun
SingularFirst 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 HonorificFirst a á àwa tẹni ẹni ara ẹni
Second wẹn wẹ́n ẹ̀wẹn tiwẹn wẹn ara wẹn
Third wọ́n ọ̀wọn tiwọn wọn ara wọn
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