aghan
Esperanto edit
Adjective edit
aghan
- H-system spelling of aĝan
Itsekiri edit
Etymology edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɓã. A distinctive marker of Proto-Itsekiri-SEY from Proto-Yoruba is the lack of differing second and third person plural pronouns. This distinction continues in the present in Itsekiri and amongst all Southeast Yoruba varieties except Ìjẹ̀bú, which uses ẹ̀wẹn and ọ̀wọn, respectively. Cognates include Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba àghan, Oǹdó Yoruba àghan, Usẹn Yoruba àghan, Ìlàjẹ Yoruba àghan, Ọ̀wọ̀ Yoruba àghan, Yoruba àwọn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ọ̀wọn, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà, Èkìtì Yoruba ị̀n-ọn
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
àghan
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɓã. A distinctive marker of Proto-Itsekiri-SEY from Proto-Yoruba is the lack of differing second and third person plural pronouns. This distinction continues in the present in Itsekiri and amongst all Southeast Yoruba varieties except Ìjẹ̀bú, which uses ẹ̀wẹn and ọ̀wọn, respectively. Cognates include Itsekiri aghan, Yoruba àwọn, Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba ọ̀wọn, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà, Èkìtì Yoruba ị̀n-ọn
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
àghan
- (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn, Ondo, Ọwọ) Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.
- Àghan àdúmáadán yí éè mà bí Èdùmàrè se húre ghan ― These dark and shining men are unaware how the Creator blessed them (Ìkálẹ̀ variety)
Pronoun edit
àghan
- (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn, Ondo, Ọwọ) they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
- Àghan àti Bùnmi ó wá ― They and Bunmi came (Ìkálẹ̀ variety)
- (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn, Ondo, Ọwọ) you (emphatic second-person plural personal pronoun)
- Àghan yí mo mà ― You that I know (Ìkálẹ̀ variety)
- (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) she, he, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)
- (Ilajẹ, Ikalẹ, Usẹn) you (emphatic honorific second-person singular personal pronoun)
Derived terms edit
- ghan (“they/them/you”)
See also edit
Number | Person | Affirmative Subject Pronoun | Negative Subject Pronoun | Emphatic Pronoun | Object Pronoun | Possessive Determiner | Reflexive Pronoun |
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Singular | First | mo | mí | èmi | mi | ara mi | |
Second | wo | wé | ùwọ | ẹ | ara ẹ | ||
Third | ó | é | òghun, òun | ẹ̀ | ara ẹ̀ | ||
Plural and Honorific | First | a | á | àwa | wa | ara wa | |
Second | ànán, ànan | ẹ́nẹ̀n | àghan | ghan | ara ghan | ||
Third |