onu
Apalaí
Noun
onu
Azerbaijani
Pronoun
onu
- accusative of o
Estonian
Etymology
Via earlier *õno from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (compare Votic ono, Finnish eno, Ingrian enoi), originally a derivative from the same root as enam.
Noun
onu (genitive onu, partitive onu)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Ido
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto oni, English one, French on, Spanish uno + -u (“denoting a person”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
onu
- one, someone, they (indefinite personal pronoun)
- Onu povas vidar la steli en la nokto.
- One can see the stars in the night.
- Onu povas vidar la steli en la nokto.
Usage notes
- Used more extensively than the English one, used in a lot of places where English would use you (general you).
See also
Personal pronouns in Ido
Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Nominative | Possessive | Nominative | Possessive | ||||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
First person | me | mea | mei | ni | nia | nii | |
Second person | Formal | vu | vua | vui | vi | via | vii |
Familiar | tu | tua | tui | ||||
Third person | Masculine | ilu, il | ilua | ilui | ili | ilia | ilii |
Feminine | elu, el | elua | elui | eli | elia | elii | |
Neuter | olu, ol | olua | olui | oli | olia | olii | |
Common | lu | lua | lui | li | lia | lii | |
Reflexive | su | sua | sui | su | sua | sui | |
Indefinite | onu, on | onua | onui | onu, on | onua | onui | |
Notes | |||||||
The possessive plurals are seldom used. | |||||||
The shortened forms are preferred. | |||||||
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios. |
Turkish
Pronoun
onu
Wauja
Etymology
From o- (3rd person possessive) + -nu (“wife”).
Pronunciation
Noun
onu (plural onunaun)
- his wife
- Wajamani oputapai paowa onupei, Apaipua onupei, paitsupalu. "Nowan, pinyupei katouhan," Yumekeju wiu, umapai Wajamani. Apaipua iya oukala ja onaatsiu, Yehinaku outsa!! Oukaka onupei, oukaka taunapai Wauja oputankan sekunya.
- Wajamani gave as a wife to his nephew — as a wife to [his nephew] Apaipua — his own daughter. "My nephew, take this one as your wife," Wajamani said, referring to Yumekeju. [So] Apaipua went to fetch her from there, from the Mehinaku village! That's how [she] became his wife, and that's how she came to stay in the Wauja village long ago.
- Kitsimain iya panupei sukuti yiu. Omalanyaintsa, iya kalahan, kuyekuyeju...
- Irixulakume eu whun, a-MU-naun wiu. A-MU-naun whun. Iyawi yiu. Itsa kala onu katouhan.
- Mepiaunwaun onu?
- Mepiaunwaun onu.
- [Storyteller:] First he took as his wife Sukuti (Green Parakeet Woman). After that, he took that one, Kuyekuyeju (Dusky Parrot Woman)…
- That was Irixulakuma (Blue Cotinga Bird). [He] was a chief, [he] was. Chief [of his village]. He took them [in marriage]. [So] his wives were this many [holds up fingers].
- [Audience member:] Two wives?
- [Storyteller:] Two wives.
- Wajamani oputapai paowa onupei, Apaipua onupei, paitsupalu. "Nowan, pinyupei katouhan," Yumekeju wiu, umapai Wajamani. Apaipua iya oukala ja onaatsiu, Yehinaku outsa!! Oukaka onupei, oukaka taunapai Wauja oputankan sekunya.
Usage notes
- -nu is a bound morpheme and must always have a possessive prefix, answering the question "whose wife"? In other words, this noun is obligatorily possessed, and must show possession by someone. In the Wauja way of thinking, a wife is always somebody's wife (just as a husband is always somebody's husband).
Inflection
Possession of onu
See also
References
- "Wajamani oputapai" (transcript page 21) uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, recounting Wauja history in the presence of his son and nephew. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, 4/25/96.
- "Kitsimain iya" (transcript, pp. 4-5) uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, as he recounted the traditional tale, "The Caiman Spirit" (Yakaojokuma). Recorded in Piyulaga village in the presence of assembled elders and others, November 1989.
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