awọn

See also: awon

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.wɔ̃́/

Noun

awọ́n

1. (Igbomina) tongue

Alternative forms

• ahán, ahọ́n

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 Itsekiri àghan, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà

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)

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			ọ̀nọn
			Ìdóàní		ọ̀nọn
		Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ọ̀ghọn, ọ̀wọn
			Ṣúpárè	Ṣúpárè Àkókó	ọ̀wọn
		Ìjẹ̀bú			ọ̀wọn
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ọ̀wọn
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			àghan
			Òkìtìpupa		àghan
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			àghan
			Mahin		àghan
		Oǹdó			àghan
			Oǹdó		àghan
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			ọ̀ghọn
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		ọ̀ghọn
		Usẹn			àghan
			Usẹn		àghan
	Ìtsẹkírì				àghan
		Ìwẹrẹ			àghan
	Olùkùmi				àwan
		Ugbódù			àwan
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ị̀n-ọn
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ị̀n-ọn
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ị̀n-ọn
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)			ìghan
			Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)		ìghan
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)			ìghan
			Iléṣà (Uléṣà)		ìghan
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			àwọn
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		àwọn
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ìjàká		ọ̀họn
		Ìbàdàn			àwọn
			Ìbàdàn		àwọn
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			àwọn
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		àwọn
		Ìlọrin			àwọn
			Ìlọrin		àwọn
		Ọ̀yọ́			àwọn
			Ọ̀yọ́		àwọn
		Standard Yorùbá			àwɔn
			Nàìjíríà		àwọn
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà			ìghọn
			Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó		ìghọn
		Owé			ọ̀ghọn
			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

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.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.wɔ̃̀/

Noun

àwọ̀n

1. net
2. veil

Derived terms

• àtòpọ̀-àwọ̀n (“network”)
• àwọ̀n ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)