wuna

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuna/, /una/

Pronoun

wuna

1. ye, you, 2nd person plural subject and object personal pronoun

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns

Subject personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		I	we, wu
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		i	dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person		me	we
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		yi, -am	dem, -am

Determiner

wuna

1. your, 2nd person plural possessive determiner

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin possessive determiners

		singular	plural
1st person		my	we
2nd person		your	wuna
3rd person		yi	dia

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġewuna

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wunô (“habit, wont”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to be satisfied, wish, desire”). Akin to Old English wunian (“to be accustomed, dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.nɑ/

Noun

wuna m (nominative plural wunan)

1. habit, custom
2. practice, rite (usually with ġe-); ritual

Declension

Declension of wuna (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wuna	wunan
accusative	wunan	wunan
genitive	wunan	wunena
dative	wunan	wunum

Synonyms

• sidu

Derived terms

• ġewuna

Descendants

• Middle English: wune, wone
  • English: wone

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwu.na]

Verb

wuna

1. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation

Conjugation of wuna
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	towuna	fowuna	miwuna
2nd	nowuna	niwuna
3rd	Masculine	owuna	iwuna, yowuna†
Feminine	mowuna
Neuter	iwuna
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• huna, una

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh