# awọn
## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.wɔ̃́/

#### Noun

awọ́n
* (Igbomina) tongue

##### Alternative forms

* ahán, ahọ́n

### Etymology 2

a- (“agent-creating prefix”) +‎ wọ́n (“to be expensive”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.wɔ̃́/

#### Noun

awọ́n
* something or someone that is expensive

### Etymology 3

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *à-ɓã, see Itsekiri àghan, Ifè àŋa, Igala àma, Olukumi àwan, Àhàn xà

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.wɔ̃̄/

#### Particle

àwọn
* Precedes a noun to mark it as plural.

#### Pronoun

àwọn
* they (emphatic third-person plural personal pronoun)
* he, she, they (emphatic honorific third-person singular personal pronoun)

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - àwọn (“they, plural particle”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ọ̀nọn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá Àkókó | ọ̀ghọn, ọ̀wọn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ọ̀wọn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ọ̀wọn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ | Òkìtìpupa | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ | Mahin | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ̀ | ọ̀ghọn |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àghan |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | àwan |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀n-ọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀n-ọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀n-ọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ | Ilé Ifẹ̀ | ìghan |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà | Iléṣà | ìghan |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | àwọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | àwọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo | àwọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | àwọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | àwọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | àwọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Yàgbà East LGA | ìghọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Kabba | ọ̀ghọn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìjɛ/Ọ̀họ̀rí | Yewa | ọ̀họn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | àŋa |

#### See also

| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | mo | a |
| 2nd person | o | ẹ |
| 3rd person | ó | wọ́n |
| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | mi / n | a |
| 2nd person | o | ẹ |
| 3rd person | [pronoun dropped] | wọn |
| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | mi | wa |
| 2nd person | ọ / ẹ | yín |
| 3rd person | [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ | wọn |
| | singular | plural or honorific |
| 1st person | èmi | àwa |
| 2nd person | ìwọ | ẹ̀yin |
| 3rd person | òun | àwọn |

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.wɔ̃̀/

#### Noun

àwọ̀n
* net
* veil

##### Derived terms

* àtòpọ̀-àwọ̀n (“network”)
* àwọ̀n ẹ̀fọn (“mosquito net”)