oun

See also: oûn, õun, Õun, and -oun

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Letter

oun (upper case Oun)

  1. A letter of the Haitian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala òñwu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ò.ũ̄/

Pronoun

òun

  1. he/she/it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notes

òun is used in logophoric constructions:

  • Àkàndé sọ pé ó lọ ― Àkàndé said he/she/it went.
    • ó is not required to be the same person as Àkàndé
  • Àkàndé sọ pé òun lọ ― Àkàndé said he went.
    • òun refers to Àkàndé

See also

Yoruba personal pronouns
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.


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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