# onu
## Apalaí
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ônu (“eye”).

### Noun

onu
* eye

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

onu
* accusative of o

## Buol
### Etymology

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

### Noun

onu
* day

## Czech
### Pronoun

onu
* 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)
* uncle

#### 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: /ò.nũ̀/

### Noun

ònù
* mouth

## Ido
### Alternative forms

* on

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonu/

### Pronoun

onu
* 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

* 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
* neck

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎

## 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: [oːnu]

### Noun

onu (possessed enuru)
* eye

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, 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, 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: /ˈɔ.nu/
* Rhymes: -ɔnu
* Syllabification: o‧nu

### Pronoun

onu (plural: ony)
* they (nonstandard, third-person singular nominative, non-binary pronoun)

#### Related terms

* on
* ona
* one
* oni
* ono

### Further reading

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

## Ponosakan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qanú,, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu. Compare Mongondow onu, Tausug unu, Tagalog ano.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔɔ.nu/
* Hyphenation: o‧nu

### Pronoun

onu
* (interrogative) what

### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-nu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* ↑ J. Akun Danie, F. Rogi Warouw, A. B. G. Rattu, G. Karim Bachmid (1991) Fonologi Bahasa Ponosakan (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Turkish
### Pronoun

onu
* him, her, it (definite accusative of o)

## Wauja
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɨ.nu/

### Noun

onu (plural onunaun)
* 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).

#### 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: /ˈo.n̪u/

### Noun

onu
* spider

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics