yow
English
Alternative forms
Interjection
yow
Huave
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ēow.
Pronoun
yow (nominative ye)
References
- “you, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.
Scots
Etymology
Uncertain; most likely from Old English ēow.
Whitesands
References
- Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 81
Wolof
Pronunciation
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Yapese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔw/
See also
Yapese personal pronouns
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First* | inclusive | gadow | gadaed | |
exclusive | gaeg | gamow | gamaed | |
Second | guur | gimeew | gimeed | |
Third | qiir | yow | yaed | |
Other expressions | ||||
Partitive** | bagyow | bagyaed | ||
* The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural). |
References
- Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135
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