"ons" meaning in Afrikaans

See ons in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s]
Etymology: From Dutch ons, inflected onze, from Middle Dutch onse, from Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|ons}} Dutch ons, {{inh|af|dum|onse}} Middle Dutch onse, {{inh|af|odt|*unsa}} Old Dutch *unsa, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*unseraz}} Proto-Germanic *unseraz Head templates: {{head|af|determiner}} ons
  1. our Synonyms: onse [archaic]
    Sense id: en-ons-af-det-plVuSFLi Categories (other): Afrikaans determiners
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: ek, my, myne, jy, jou, joune, u, u s’n, hy, hom, sy, syne, haar, hare, dit, ons s’n, julle, jul1, julle s’n, hulle, hul1, hulle s’n, 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Noun

IPA: /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s]
Etymology: From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|ons}} Dutch ons, {{inh|af|dum|unce}} Middle Dutch unce, {{der|af|la|uncia}} Latin uncia Head templates: {{head|af|noun}} ons
  1. ounce (unit of measurement) Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-ons-af-noun-VZB86j-2 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 0 93 5 2 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 0 87 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 0 64 5 3 5 21 3 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 68 3 2 3 23 2 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

IPA: /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s]
Etymology: From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|ons}} Dutch ons, {{inh|af|dum|ons}} Middle Dutch ons, {{inh|af|odt|uns}} Old Dutch uns, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*uns}} Proto-Germanic *uns Head templates: {{head|af|pronoun}} ons
  1. we (subject)
    Sense id: en-ons-af-pron-qoY9wE12 Categories (other): Afrikaans pronouns Disambiguation of Afrikaans pronouns: 66 34
  2. us (object)
    Sense id: en-ons-af-pron-HDg7yq~u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: ek, my, myne, jy, jou, joune, u, u s’n, hy, hom, sy, syne, haar, hare, dit, ons s’n, julle, jul1, julle s’n, hulle, hul1, hulle s’n, 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "ons"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ons",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "unce"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch unce",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "uncia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin uncia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ons",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ounce (unit of measurement)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ounce",
          "ounce"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔ̃s]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ons"
}

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