owen

== Kankanaey == === Alternative forms === wen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔoən/ [ˈʔoː.wɨn] Rhymes: -oən Syllabification: o‧wen === Particle === owën (Sagada, Besao) yes; used to show agreement or acceptance. ==== Synonyms ==== == Karao == === Interjection === owen yes == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen === Etymology === From Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔu̯ən/ === Verb === owen To own, possess, have control over, have authority over To acquire, to receive ownership of To owe, ought to give, have a debt towards To be obliged to give To respect, love (especially an authority) To be appropriate, fitting, right for a situation (auxillary) ought, should, be obliged to, be obligated to ==== Usage notes ==== This verb's past forms often have present connotations; this has occurred to such a degree in Modern English that this verb's past tense became a separate verb, ought. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: owe (present tense), ought (past tense), own (past participle) Scots: aw, awe ==== References ==== “ouen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 March 2018.