Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Manglish, Singlish)Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the characteristics of someone or something.

    Got almonds one.

    How come so heavy one ah?

  2. (Manglish, Singlish)Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the originator of something.

    My friend send one.

    Who say one?

  3. (Manglish, Singlish)Used at the end of a sentence to highlight the likelihood of something occurring, as a characteristic of something else.

    Can easily get lost one, know?

  4. (Manglish, Singlish)A nominalizer used to form a noun phrase without a head noun.

    The sell fruits one go home already.

Examples

36636 sentences
  1. There's no one but me here.

    Тут немає нікого крім мене. — ascolto

    ruЗдесь кроме меня никого нет. — sharptoothed

    deEs gibt dort niemand außer mir hier. — Felixjp

  2. Let's try to understand one another.

    Спробуймо зрозуміти одне одного. — deniko

    ruДавай попробуем понять друг друга. — Lenin_1917

    deLass uns versuchen, einander zu verstehen. — mauersegler

  3. No one has ever seen God.

    Бога ніхто ніколи не бачив. — deniko

    ruНикто никогда не видел Бога. — avenelanna

  4. That small one is also mine.

    Той менший також мій. — ascolto

    ruЭтот маленький тоже мой. — fjay69

    deDer kleine da ist auch von mir. — Hans_Adler

  5. No one believed me at first.

    Спочатку мені ніхто не повірив. — deniko

    ruСначала мне никто не поверил. — pandabear

    deAm Anfang hat mir niemand geglaubt. — MUIRIEL

Origin

Analogous to several senses of Hokkien 個/个 (ê) and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, n

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).

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