IPA (key ) : /ˈʔoən/ [ˈʔoː.wɨn] Rhymes:-oən Syllabification:o‧wen owën
( Sagada , Besao ) yes ; used to show agreement or acceptance.Dialectal synonyms & variants of owen
Southern / Central Benguet Mankayan aw Bakun aw Kapangan aw Kibungan aw Buguias aw Mt. Province Tadian aw ,wen ,owen Bauko aw ,wen ,owen Sabangan aw ,wen ,owen Northern / Applai Mt. Province Besao wen ,owen Sagada wen ,owen
owen
yes FromOld English āgan , fromProto-West Germanic *aigan , fromProto-Germanic *aiganą .
owen
Toown ,possess , have control over, have authority over Toacquire , to receive ownership of Toowe , ought to give, have a debt towards To beobliged to give Torespect ,love (especially an authority) To beappropriate ,fitting ,right for a situation ( auxillary ) ought ,should , beobliged to, beobligated toThis verb's past forms often have present connotations; this has occurred to such a degree in Modern English that this verb's past tense became a separate verb,ought .
Conjugation ofowen (preterite-present orweak in -ed ,defective ) infinitive (to)owen ,owe present tense past tense 1st-person singular ough oughte ,owed 2nd-person singular oughst ,oughtest oughtest ,owedest 3rd-person singular ough ,oughteth oughte ,owed subjunctive singular owe imperative singular — — plural 1 owen ,owe oughten ,oughte ,oweden ,owede imperative plural — — participles owynge ,owende owen ,owe ,owed ,ought ,yowed
1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
English:owe (present tense),ought (past tense),own (past participle) Scots:aw ,awe