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See also: oûn, õun, Õun, and -oun

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /ũ/

Letter

oun (upper case Oun)

  1. A letter of the Haitian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala òñwu

Pronunciation

Pronoun

òun

  1. he/she/it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notes

òun is used in logophoric constructions:

  • Àkàndé sọ pé ó lọÀkàndé said he/she/it went.
    • ó is not required to be the same person as Àkàndé
  • Àkàndé sọ pé òun lọÀkàndé said he went.
    • òun refers to Àkàndé

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