oun

See also: oûn, õun, Õun, and -oun

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ũ/

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.