onse

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch onze (“our”), but probably later reinterpreted as ons se, to which attests the pronoun form ons s’n (“ours”), as well as dialectal Afrikaans julle se (“your”) and hulle se (“their”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔnsə/

Determiner

onse

  1. (dialectal, otherwise archaic) Alternative form of ons: first-person plural possessive determiner.

See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish once, from Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: on‧se

Numeral

onse

  1. (cardinal) eleven

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:onse.

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈonzə/

Determiner

onse

  1. our
    • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
      Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
      The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Descendants

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish once.

Numeral

onse

  1. eleven

Synonyms
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