one
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: other: /w/
other: /w/
other: /w/
other: /w/
enpr: wŭn
ipa: /wʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: won (etymology 1)
enpr: wŏn
ipa: /wɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
homophone: wan
homophone: won (etymologies 2 and 3)
ipa: /wɐn/
ipa: [wän]
enpr: ōn
ipa: /oʊn/
ipa: /ɔːn/
ipa: /uːn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: own (toe–tow merger)
note: Tanglish, Kerala
ipa: /(w)ɵn/
ipa: /wʌn/
ipa: [wɐn(˦)~wän(˦)]
note: at the end of sentences, before a pause
ipa: [wɐn(˦˧)~wän(˦˧)]
other: /w/
other: /w/
other: /w/
other: /w/
enpr: wŭn
ipa: /wʌn/
rhymes: -ʌn
homophone: won (etymology 1)
enpr: wŏn
ipa: /wɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
homophone: wan
homophone: won (etymologies 2 and 3)
ipa: /wɐn/
ipa: [wän]
enpr: ōn
ipa: /oʊn/
ipa: /ɔːn/
ipa: /uːn/
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: own (toe–tow merger)
note: Tanglish, Kerala
ipa: /(w)ɵn/
Forms: form: wone
form: 1
form: I
Etymology: Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個／个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and 的 (de) or 個 /个 (ê) as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 (“the green one”)). Compare Cantonese 嘅 (ge³).
Senses: examples: text: Got almonds one.
translation: There are almonds in it.
english: There are almonds in it.
text: How come so heavy one ah?
translation: Why is it so heavy?
english: Why is it so heavy?
text: Can one, why cannot?
translation: Of course you can.
english: Of course you can.
text: Need to take train one.
translation: You can only get there by taking the train.
english: You can only get there by taking the train.
text: 'My boyfriends very possessive one. They don't allow me to wear clothes I want, do things I want,' she laments.
ref: 2000 February 14, Patricia Mok, The Straits Times (Life! section), Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →OCLC, page 5:
text: Why so special one?
ref: 2004, Ethical Egoist, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: Actually when she said don’t need to go hospital I was less worried already, don’t have to stay in hospital means not so serious one.
ref: 2014, Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 1961:
text: These fish, ah, anything also eat one. Small fish, each other, anything you throw in also they take.
ref: 2014, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Singapore Noir, Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 89:
text: Only sweet hands can draw sweet water, you know that. If I take the water myself, sure salty one.
ref: 2018, Jean Tay, Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Scene 9, page 62:
text: When I was a kid, kena rotan also cannot learn one but when I had peace of mind, it was easy.
ref: 2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:
text: “There is no such thing as president of the world. But there is one king of the world. I am king of the world. Bigger than you!”
“Where got king, one? Who say so? You play cheat.”
“My mother say got. You don’t believe me you ask her.”
ref: 2022, Daren Shiau, chapter VIII, in Heartland, Ethos Books, →ISBN:
text: For me, I’m very drama one lah. I just want it to be very big, and to display our theatrics.
ref: 2023 June 27, Syarafana Shafeeq, quoting Royston Tan, “NDP 2023: Film-maker Royston Tan wants to correct ‘small regret’ in 2nd outing as creative director”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023:
glosses: Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.
examples: text: My friend send one.
translation: It was sent by my friend.
english: It was sent by my friend.
text: Who say one?
translation: Who said so?
english: Who said so?
text: He ask one, not I ask one.
translation: It wasn’t me who asked, it was him.
english: It wasn’t me who asked, it was him.
text: ooooooooooar! you own self admit one har! i never say one har!
ref: 2011, Singrish King, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
glosses: Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.
examples: text: Can easily get lost one, know?
translation: You can easily get lost here/there.
english: You can easily get lost here/there.
glosses: Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.
examples: text: The sell fruits one go home already.
translation: The fruit seller has gone home.
english: The fruit seller has gone home.
glosses: A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.