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Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Particle
[edit]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
[edit]- ọ̀wọ̀nwé (“these”)
- ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“these”)
Pronoun
[edit]ọ̀wọn
- (Ijebu) they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
- (Ijebu) she, he, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
[edit]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 | |||