wuna

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wuna/, /una/

Pronoun

wuna

  1. ye, you, 2nd person plural subject and object personal pronoun

See also
Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns
Subject personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person I we, wu
2nd person you wuna
3rd person i dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person me we
2nd person you wuna
3rd person yi, -am dem, -am

Determiner

wuna

  1. your, 2nd person plural possessive determiner

See also
Cameroonian Pidgin possessive determiners
singular plural
1st person my we
2nd person your wuna
3rd person yi dia

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ġewuna

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.nɑ/

Noun

wuna m (nominative plural wunan)

  1. habit, custom
  2. practice, rite (usually with ġe-); ritual

Declension
Declension of wuna (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wuna wunan
accusative wunan wunan
genitive wunan wunena
dative wunan wunum

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ġewuna

Descendants
  • Middle English: wune, wone

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈwu.na]

Verb

wuna

  1. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation
Conjugation of wuna
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st towuna fowuna miwuna
2nd nowuna niwuna
3rd Masculine owuna iwuna, yowuna†
Feminine mowuna
Neuter iwuna
† - archaic

Alternative forms

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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