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onu

See also: Onu, ONU, önu, önü, and øṉu

Apalaí

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *ônu (“eye”).

Noun

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onu

  1. eye

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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onu

  1. accusative of o

Buol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Noun

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onu

  1. day

Czech

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Pronoun

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onu

  1. accusative feminine singular of onen

Estonian

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Etymology

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Via earlier *õno from Proto-Finnic *enoi (compare Votic ono, Finnish eno, Ingrian eno), originally a derivative from the same root as enam.

Noun

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onu (genitive onu, partitive onu)

  1. uncle

Declension

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Declension of onu (type elu)
singular plural
nominative onu onud
genitive onu onude
partitive onu onusid
illative onusse onudesse
inessive onus onudes
elative onust onudest
allative onule onudele
adessive onul onudel
ablative onult onudelt
translative onuks onudeks
terminative onuni onudeni
essive onuna onudena
abessive onuta onudeta
comitative onuga onudega

Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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  • “onu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “onu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • onu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Gun

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Etymology

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Likely from Proto-Gbe *-ɖũ. Cognates include Fon nu, Saxwe Gbe onu, Adja enù, Ayizo nuu, Ewe nu. Possibly related to Yoruba ẹnu, Igbo ọnụ, Igala álu

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ònù

  1. mouth

Ido

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto oni, English one, French on, Spanish uno + -u.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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onu

  1. one, someone, they (indefinite personal pronoun)
    Onu povas vidar la steli en la nokto. ― One can see the stars in the night.

Usage notes

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  • Used more extensively than the English one, used in a lot of places where English would use you (general you).

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    Personal pronouns in Ido
  Singular Plural
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.

Igbo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Igboid *ó-`-lúCĩ̀. Cognate with Ekpeye úlì, Ogbah ólû, Ezaa ólú, Izi ólú, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ónú, Ika ólú.[1]

Noun

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onu

  1. neck

References

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  1. ^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎[1]

Kari'na

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *ônu; compare Apalaí onu, Trió ënu, Wayana ëwu, Waiwai ewu, Akawaio enu, Macushi enu, Pemon enu, Ye'kwana önu.

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Noun

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onu (possessed enuru)

  1. eye

References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 330
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 150; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[3], Paris, 1956, page 148

Polish

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Etymology

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Coined in 2004 by science fiction and fantasy writer Jacek Dukaj, in his book titled Perfect Imperfection. Comparable to Polish on, ona, oni, and ono.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.nu/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnu
  • Syllabification: o‧nu

Pronoun

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onu (plural: ony)

  1. they (nonstandard, third-person singular nominative, non-binary pronoun)

Declension

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Declension of onu
singular
nominative onu
genitive jenu/nu/ony
dative wu
accusative nu
instrumental num
locative num
vocative —
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Turkish

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Pronoun

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onu

  1. him, her, it (definite accusative of o)

Wauja

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Etymology

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From o- (3rd person possessive) +‎ -nu (“wife”).

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Noun

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onu (plural onunaun)

  1. 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.

Usage notes

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  • -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

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    Possession of onu
singular plural
first person ninyu —
second person pinyu yinyu
third person onu onu

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References

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  • "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.

West Makian

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onu

  1. spider

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics
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