yow

See also: Yow and -yow

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• yoe

Noun

yow (plural yows)

1. (dialect) A ewe; a female sheep.

Etymology 2

Interjection

yow

1. Expression of pain; ouch.

   Yow! I dropped it on my toe!

2. Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.

   You've been divorced four times? Yow!

Synonyms

• ouch, youch

Anagrams

• Wyo.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• you
• ȝow

Etymology

From Old English ēow.

Pronoun

yow

1. you

Descendants

• English: you

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Scots

Etymology

Uncertain; most likely from Old English ēow.

Pronoun

yow (personal, emphatic)

1. (South Scots) you

See also

• ee

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Wolof

Pronoun

yow

1. you (second-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Wolof personal pronouns

	singular subject	plural subject	singular object	plural object
1st person	man	nun	ma	nu
2nd person	yow	yeen	la	leen
3rd person	moom	ñoom	ko	leen

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Yapese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔw/

Pronoun

yow

1. Third-person dual pronoun; they two

See also

Yapese personal pronouns

		Singular	Dual	Plural
First*	inclusive		gadow	gadaed
	exclusive	gaeg	gamow	gamaed
Second		guur	gimeew	gimeed
Third		qiir	yow	yaed
Other expressions
Partitive**			bagyow	bagyaed
* The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural).

References

• Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135