awọn
See also: awon
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.wɔ̃́/
Noun
awọ́n
Alternative forms
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 Itsekiri àghan, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà
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)
Synonyms
| Yoruba varieties and languages: àwọn (“they, plural particle”) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Language family | Variety group | Variety/language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọ̀nọn | |
| Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | ọ̀ghọn, ọ̀wọn | ||
| Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ọ̀wọn | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọ̀wọn | ||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | àghan | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | àghan | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | àghan | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ọ̀ghọn | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | àghan | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àghan | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | àwan | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀n-ọn |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀n-ọn | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀n-ọn | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ìghan | |||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ìghan | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | àwọn | ||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ọ̀họn | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | àwọn | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | àwọn | |||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | àwọn | |||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | àwọn | |||
| Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | àwọn | |||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ìghọn | ||
| Owé | Kabba | ọ̀ghọn | |||
| Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àŋa | ||
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. | |||||
See also
| subject | object1 | emphatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | ||||
| singular | 1st person | mo | n̄ / mi | mi | èmi |
| 2nd person | o | ọ / ẹ | ìwọ | ||
| 3rd person | ó | [pronoun dropped] | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | òun | |
| plural | 1st person | a | wa | àwa | |
| 2nd person | ẹ | yín | ẹ̀yin | ||
| 3rd person | wọ́n | wọn | wọn | àwọn | |
1 Except for yín, 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.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.wɔ̃̀/
Noun
àwọ̀n
Derived terms
- àtòpọ̀-àwọ̀n (“network”)
- àwọ̀n ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)