yow
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
yow (plural yows)
Etymology 2
Interjection
yow
- Expression of pain; ouch.
- Yow! I dropped it on my toe!
- Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
- You've been divorced four times? Yow!
Synonyms
Anagrams
Huave
Noun
yow
Middle English
Alternative forms
- yowe, you, youe, yo, yoe, yogh, yaw, yew, yhu, yu, yw, yhow, ȝou, ȝow, ȝouȝ, ȝowȝ, ȝo, ȝowe, ȝu, ȝw, ȝue, ȝiow, ȝeu, ȝew, ȝewe, ȝaw, ȝhow, ȝhowe, ȝiu, ȝeow, ȝehw, ȝuw, gow, gu, giu, geu, geau, eou, eow, eo, eowe, eu, euwȝ, ou, ow, æu, owe, hou, heou, heu
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old English ēow, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Initial /j/ is by analogy with ye.
Pronoun
yow (nominative ye)
- Second-person plural object pronoun: you (plural).
- (formal) second-person singular object pronoun: you (singular).
Descendants
References
- “you, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.
Scots
Etymology
Uncertain; most likely from Old English ēow.
Pronoun
yow (personal, emphatic)
See also
Whitesands
Noun
yow
References
- Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 81
Wolof
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
yow
- you (second-person singular subject pronoun)
See also
Wolof personal pronouns
Yapese
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yow
- 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
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