onu

See also: Onu, ONU, önu, önü, and øṉu

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônu (“eye”).

Noun

onu

1. eye

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

onu

1. accusative of o

Buol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.

Noun

onu

1. day

Czech

Pronoun

onu

1. accusative feminine singular of onen

Estonian

Etymology

Via earlier *õno from Proto-Finnic *enoi (compare Votic ono, Finnish eno, Ingrian eno), originally a derivative from the same root as enam.

Noun

onu (genitive onu, partitive onu)

1. uncle

Declension

Declension of onu (type elu)

	singular	plural
nominative	onu	onud
genitive	onu	onude
partitive	onu	onusid
illative	onusse	onudesse
inessive	onus	onudes
elative	onust	onudest
allative	onule	onudele
adessive	onul	onudel
ablative	onult	onudelt
translative	onuks	onudeks
terminative	onuni	onudeni
essive	onuna	onudena
abessive	onuta	onudeta
comitative	onuga	onudega

Coordinate terms

• tädi

Further reading

• “onu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “onu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• onu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Gun

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Gbe *-ɖũ. Cognates include Fon nu, Saxwe Gbe onu, Adja enù, Ayizo nuu, Ewe nu. Possibly related to Yoruba ẹnu, Igbo ọnụ, Igala álu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.nũ̀/

Noun

ònù

1. mouth

Ido

Alternative forms

• on

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto oni, English one, French on, Spanish uno + -u +‎ [Term?] (“denoting a person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonu/

Pronoun

onu

1. one, someone, they (indefinite personal pronoun)

   Onu povas vidar la steli en la nokto. ― One can see the stars in the night.

Usage notes

• Used more extensively than the English one, used in a lot of places where English would use you (general you).

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Igbo

Alternative forms

• olu

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *ó-`-lúCĩ̀. Cognate with Ekpeye úlì, Ogbah ólû, Ezaa ólú, Izi ólú, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ónú, Ika ólú.

Noun

onu

1. neck

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônu; compare Apalaí onu, Trió ënu, Wayana ëwu, Waiwai ewu, Akawaio enu, Macushi enu, Pemon enu, Ye'kwana önu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oːnu]

Noun

onu (possessed enuru)

1. eye

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 330
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “enu”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 150; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 148

Polish

Etymology

Coined in 2004 by science fiction and fantasy writer Jacek Dukaj, in his book titled Perfect Imperfection. Comparable to Polish on, ona, oni, and ono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.nu/
• Rhymes: -ɔnu
• Syllabification: o‧nu

Pronoun

onu (plural: ony)

1. they (nonstandard, third-person singular nominative, non-binary pronoun)

Declension

Declension of onu

	singular
nominative	onu
genitive	jenu/nu/ony
dative	wu
accusative	nu
instrumental	num
locative	num
vocative	—

Related terms

• on
• ona
• one
• oni
• ono

 

Further reading

• onu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• onu in zaimki.pl

Turkish

Pronoun

onu

1. him, her, it (definite accusative of o)

Wauja

Etymology

From o- (3rd person possessive) +‎ -nu (“wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɨ.nu/

Noun

onu (plural onunaun)

1. his wife

   Wajamani oputapai paowa onupei, Apaipua onupei, paitsupalu. "Nowan, pinyupei katouhan," Yumekeju wiu, umapai Wajamani. Apaipua iya oukala ja onaatsiu, Yehinaku outsa!! Oukaka onupei, oukaka taunapai Wauja oputankan sekunya.

   Wajamani gave as a wife to his nephew — as a wife to [his nephew] Apaipua — his own daughter. "My nephew, take this one as your wife," Wajamani said, referring to Yumekeju. [So] Apaipua went to fetch her from there, from the Mehinaku village! That's how [she] became his wife, and that's how she came to stay in the Wauja village long ago.

   Kitsimain iya panupei sukuti yiu. Omalanyaintsa, iya kalahan, kuyekuyeju...

   Irixulakume eu whun, a-MU-naun wiu. A-MU-naun whun. Iyawi yiu. Itsa kala onu katouhan.

   Mepiaunwaun onu?

   Mepiaunwaun onu.

   [Storyteller:] First he took as his wife Sukuti (Green Parakeet Woman). After that, he took that one, Kuyekuyeju (Dusky Parrot Woman)…

   That was Irixulakuma (Blue Cotinga Bird). [He] was a chief, [he] was. Chief [of his village]. He took them [in marriage]. [So] his wives were this many [holds up fingers].

   [Audience member:] Two wives?

   [Storyteller:] Two wives.

Usage notes

• -nu is a bound morpheme and must always have a possessive prefix, answering the question "whose wife"? In other words, this noun is obligatorily possessed, and must show possession by someone. In the Wauja way of thinking, a wife is always somebody's wife (just as a husband is always somebody's husband).

Inflection

    Possession of onu

	singular	plural
first person	ninyu	—
second person	pinyu	yinyu
third person	onu	onu

See also

• umejo (“husband”)
• oonu (“mother”)

References

• "Wajamani oputapai" (transcript page 21) uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, recounting Wauja history in the presence of his son and nephew. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, 4/25/96.
• "Kitsimain iya" (transcript, pp. 4-5) uttered by Aruta, storyteller and elder, as he recounted the traditional tale, "The Caiman Spirit" (Yakaojokuma). Recorded in Piyulaga village in the presence of assembled elders and others, November 1989.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.n̪u/

Noun

onu

1. spider

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics