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Cameroon Pidgin
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wuna
- ye, you, 2nd person plural subject and object personal pronoun
See also
Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns
| Subject personal pronouns
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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I
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we, wu
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| 2nd person
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you
|
wuna
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| 3rd person
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i
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dey
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| Object and topic personal pronouns
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| 1st person
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me
|
we
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| 2nd person
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you
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wuna
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| 3rd person
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yi, -am
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dem, -am
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Determiner
wuna
- your, 2nd person plural possessive determiner
See also
Cameroonian Pidgin possessive determiners
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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my
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we
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| 2nd person
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your
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wuna
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| 3rd person
|
yi
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dia
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Old English
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
Noun
wuna m (nominative plural wunan)
- habit, custom
- practice, rite (usually with ġe-); ritual
Declension
Weak:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
wuna
- (intransitive) to vomit
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh