onse

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch onze (“our”), but probably later reinterpreted as ons se, to which attests the pronoun form ons s’n (“ours”), as well as dialectal Afrikaans julle se (“your”) and hulle se (“their”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔnsə/

• Audio:

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Determiner

onse

1. (dialectal, otherwise archaic) Alternative form of ons: first-person plural possessive determiner.

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

			subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st		ek	my		myne
	2nd		jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal		u			u s’n
	3rd	masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
		fem	sy	haar		hare
		neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st		ons			ons s’n
	2nd		julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd		hulle / hul1			hulle s’n

¹ The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish once.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔonse/ [ˈʔon̪.se]
• Hyphenation: on‧se

Numeral

ónse (Basahan spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. eleven

   Synonym: kagsaro

Related terms

• una
• uno

Cebuano

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

←  10	11	12  →
Cardinal: napúlog usá     Spanish cardinal: onse     Ordinal: ikanapúlog usá, ikapúlog usá     Adverbial: makanapúlog usá     Fractional: sikanapúlog usá

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish once.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔonse/ [ˈʔon̪.s̪e]
• Hyphenation: on‧se

Numeral

ónse (Badlit spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. eleven

Derived terms

• onseonse

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• once — obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish once.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔonse/ [ˈʔon.se]
• Hyphenation: on‧se

Numeral

ónse (Kur-itan spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. eleven

   Synonym: sangapulo ket maysa

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonzə/

Determiner

onse

1. our
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Descendants

• Dutch: ons
• Limburgish: ós

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

←  10	11	12  →
Cardinal: labing-isa     Spanish cardinal: onse     Ordinal: ikalabing-isa, panlabing-isa     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-11, pang-11     Adverbial: makalabing-isa     Multiplier: labing-isang ibayo     Distributive: tiglabing-isa, labing-isahan, labi-labing-isa     Restrictive: lalabing-isa     Fractional: kalabing-isa, sangkalabing-isa, ikalabing-isa, saikalabing-isa
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 11

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔonse/ [ˈʔon̪.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -onse
• Syllabification: on‧se

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish once, from Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim.

Numeral

onse (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. eleven

   Synonym: labing-isa

Derived terms

• ikaonse
• onse-onse
• onsehin

Related terms

• a-onse
• alas-onse
• uno

Etymology 2

According to Zorc (1993), the word is possibly either:

• A Spanish-esque pronunciation pun sounding like Spanish once (“eleven”) (see etymology 1), from English once (“one time”), a loose calque of makaisa (“to get one of something; to be able to score a point; to fool someone”). See also wans.
• Related to the double line visuals of the written number 11, possibly about double-dealing. The sense can also be possibly about having a one up (an advantage) above a common arbitrary number 10.

See also maisahan (“to be able to get one-upped”).

Noun

onse (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ) (slang)

1. cheating; duping; swindling; fooling

   Synonyms: daya, panlalamang, gulang, loko, (slang, dated) wans

Derived terms

• maonse
• onsehan
• onsehin

Further reading

• “onse”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 103