oon

English

Noun

oon (plural oons)

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) An oven.

References

• 1887, Thomas Darlington, The Folk-speech of South Cheshire (page 225)

Finnish

Verb

oon

1. (colloquial) first-person singular present indicative of olla

Synonyms

• olen

See also

• oot

Noun

oon

1. genitive singular of oo

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈoːn/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈoːn/,
• Rhymes: -oːn
• Hyphenation: oon

Verb

oon

1. first-person singular indicative present of olla

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (numeral, pronoun):
  • on, one, oen, oune, hon, none, an, anne, onne
  • an, ane, auen, aune (Northern)
  • auen, aune (north Midland)
  • enne, onen, onenen (Kent)
  • en, an, ane (Early Middle English)
  • won, von, wone (Late Middle English)
• (adverb): on, one; an (Northern); an, ane (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare an, oo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/, /ɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Numeral

oon

1. one
   • c. 1225, “Introduction”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎, Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folios 6, verso – 7, recto; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:

     Almihti godd· feader· ſune· hali gaſt· aſ ȝe beoð ϸreo an godd: alſƿa ȝe beoð an mihte· an ƿiſdom· ⁊ an luue […]

     Almighty God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as both three and one, while being one Might, one Wisdom, and one Love

   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Prologe of the Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 63, verso, lines 438-440:

     And but ye do / c[er]teyn we shal yow teche / that it is fair / to han a wyf in pees / Oon of vs two / moſte bowen doutelees

     And unless you do, we'll certainly teach you / that it's fair to have a wife in peace; / one of the two of us must without doubt submit.

Pronoun

oon

1. one

Adverb

oon

1. singly, by oneself, by itself

Related terms

• allone
• elleven
• onen
• ooneyed
• oonly

Descendants

• English: one, an, a, yan (dialectal)
• Geordie English: yen
• Scots: ane, wan, yin, ae
• Yola: oan, own, ane

References

• p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
• “ō̆n, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “ō̆n, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “ō̆n, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• (Yucatán): oom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːŋ/

Noun

oon

1. avocado