Older form for the term salt mostly found in Eastern Yoruba varieties. SeeIgalaómu,Ifèoŋu, proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*ó-ɓũ. The form likely referred to an indigenous salt, perhaps related torock salt orhalite, which was later replaced by salt imported from the North. The existence of this term in Ede Idaca suggests that it existed in Proto-Yoruba and not just Proto-Edekiri, and also may suggest that the Ede group of languages (including Ede Ife and Idaca) split before the Northwest and Central Yoruba dialects split.
owun
FromProto-Gbe*-wũ.[1] Cognates includeFonwùn
owùn (pluralowùn lɛ́orowùn lẹ́)
Older form for the term salt mostly found in Eastern Yoruba varities. Cognates withEde Idacaowun,Igalaómu,Ifèoŋu, proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*ó-ɓũ. The form likely referred to an indigenous salt, perhaps related torock salt orhalite, which was later replaced by salt imported from the North.
owun
owun
This verb cannot be used with regular subject pronouns such asmo oró, and emphatic subject pronouns must be used in their place. This verb is also often used in a flipped structure where the quality or identification becomes the grammatical subject of the verb while an object pronoun is used for the actual subject of the sentence. The latter translated sentences better reflect the Itsekiri word order.
òwùnorowùn
Compare withIgalaómu,Ifèoŋu,Ede Idacaowun, NortheastYorubaoghun, proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*ó-ɓũ. Olukumi and Northeast Yoruba are the only descendants of Proto-Yoruba that retain this term
ówún
Cognate withYorubaòun,Igalaòñwù
òwun
| subject | object1 | emphatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | ||||
| singular | 1st person | mo | mèé | mi | èmi |
| 2nd person | wo | wé | ẹ | ìwọ | |
| 3rd person | ó, é | [pronoun dropped] | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] /ẹ̀ | òwun, òun | |
| plural | 1st person | a | á | ẹni | àwa |
| 2nd person | wẹn | wẹ́n | wẹn | ẹ̀wẹn | |
| 3rd person | wọ́n | wọn | wọn | ọ̀wọn | |