aghan

Esperanto

Adjective

aghan

1. H-system spelling of aĝan

Itsekiri

Etymology

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 Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba àghan, Oǹdó Yoruba àghan, Usẹn Yoruba àghan, Ìlàjẹ Yoruba àghan, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba àghan, Yoruba àwọn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ọ̀wọn, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà, Èkìtì Yoruba ị̀n-ọn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɣã̄/

Pronoun

àghan

1. they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)

   Àghan gín gbẹ́ ọwa a ― They told his father

2. you (emphatic second-person plural personal pronoun)

   Àghan dede òwun mo kpè rẹ́n ― I called all of you

Yoruba

Etymology

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 aghan, Yoruba àwọn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ọ̀wọn, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà, Èkìtì Yoruba ị̀n-ọn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɣã̄/

Particle

àghan

1. (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn, Ondo, Ọwọ) Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.

   Àghan àdúmáadán yí éè mà bí Èdùmàrè se húre ghan ― These dark and shining men are unaware how the Creator blessed them (Ìkálẹ̀ variety)

Pronoun

àghan

1. (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn, Ondo, Ọwọ) they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)

   Àghan àti Bùnmi ó wá ― They and Bunmi came (Ìkálẹ̀ variety)

2. (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn, Ondo, Ọwọ) you (emphatic second-person plural personal pronoun)

   Àghan yí mo mà ― You that I know (Ìkálẹ̀ variety)

3. (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) she, he, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)
4. (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) you (emphatic honorific second-person singular personal pronoun)

Derived terms

• ghan (“they/them/you”)

 

See also

Ikale personal pronouns

Number	Person	Affirmative Subject Pronoun	Negative Subject Pronoun	Emphatic Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Determiner	Reflexive Pronoun
Singular	First	mo	mí	èmi	mi		ara mi
	Second	wo	wé	ùwọ	ẹ		ara ẹ
	Third	ó	é	òghun, òun	ẹ̀		ara ẹ̀
Plural and Honorific	First	a	á	àwa	wa		ara wa
	Second	ànán, ànan	ẹ́nẹ̀n	àghan	ghan		ara ghan
	Third