awọn

See also: awon

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.wɔ̃́/

Noun

awọ́n

  1. (Igbomina) tongue
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

a- (“agent-creating prefix”) +‎ wọ́n (“to be expensive”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ā.wɔ̃́/

Noun

awọ́n

  1. something or someone that is expensive

Etymology 3

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɓã, see Igala àma, Olukumi àwan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.wɔ̃̄/

Particle

àwọn

  1. Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.

Pronoun

àwọn

  1. they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
  2. he, she, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
Affirmative subject pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mo a
2nd person o ẹ
3rd person ó wọ́n
Negative subject pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mi / n a
2nd person o ẹ
3rd person [pronoun dropped] wọn
Object pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mi wa
2nd person ọ / ẹ yín
3rd person [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ wọn
Note: 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.
Emphatic pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person èmi àwa
2nd person ìwọ ẹ̀yin
3rd person òun àwọn

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.wɔ̃̀/

Noun

àwọ̀n

  1. net
  2. veil
Derived terms
  • àtòpọ̀-àwọ̀n (“network”)
  • àwọ̀n ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)
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