wi
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English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editVariant of we.
Pronoun
editwi (personal pronoun)
Etymology 2
editVariant of with.
Preposition
editwi
Anagrams
editAbinomn
editNoun
editwi
Agutaynen
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Kalamian *waʔi, *waʔikʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwi
Further reading
edit- Ronald S. Himes, The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages, in the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines, (2006, Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International), page 7
- Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw ,An Agutaynen-Filipino-English Phrasebook (2006, SIL Philippines)
Ajië
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwi
References
edit- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.
Noun
editwi m
- (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine
References
edit- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Caac
editVerb
editwi
- to bite
References
edit- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations
Cameroon Pidgin
editPronoun
editwi
- Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun”)
Determiner
editwi
- Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural possessive determiner”)
Chaap Wuurong
editNoun
editwi
References
edit- 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:
- The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
[English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
[…]
fire wanyap wi- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Egyptian
editRomanization
editwi
Fijian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *wī; cognate with Samoan wī, Tongan vī and Hawaiian wī.
Noun
editwi
References
editFolopa
editNoun
editwị
- (Suri) water
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Fyam
editNoun
editwi
Haitian Creole
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editwi
Antonyms
editIban
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayic *hui, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (“rattan”). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.
Noun
editwi
Jamaican Creole
editEtymology
editDerived from English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editwi
- we
- Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.
- 2011, Richard Bingy Brown, Living the Dream (in English), →ISBN, page 58:
- “If de herbs wi get is good, dem will want lots more by next week […] ”
- our
- Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.
- Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.
- 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice, page 11:
- “All di nice time was fi dem,
Dem tek wi black sista and use dem,
Dem starve we di men,
Wanting us not to be friend.
Thinking we ago rebel against dem […] ”- Only they enjoyed themselves,
They took away our black sisters and used them,
They starved us -- the men,
They didn't want us to be friends.
They thought we would rebel against them […]
- Only they enjoyed themselves,
- us
- Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.
- They see us getting ahead and they're angry.
- 2010, Dave Collymore,
平和 と愛 の詩的 表現 : Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love (in English), →ISBN, page 128:- “(Weh mi seh) young people mek wi arise
Mek wi trus God, pon him wi depen […] ”- (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
Let us trust God who we depend on […]
- (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 594
- wi – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Japanese
editRomanization
editwi
Kom (Cameroon)
editNoun
editwi (plural ghɨki)
References
edit- Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Kumak
editNoun
editwi
References
edit- I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)
Masurian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish wy.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editwi
- plural second person pronoun; you
- 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 78:
- – Wi cale szie nie podobata na mojó róze, wi esce nic nie znacÿta – poziedżiáł jém.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- polite singular second person pronoun; you
Mauritian Creole
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editwi
Antonyms
editMiddle Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editwi
Inflection
editDescendants
edit- Dutch: wij
Further reading
edit- “wi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle Low German
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /wiː/
- (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.
Pronoun
editwî
- (personal, first person singular nominative) we
Declension
editnominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Pronoun
editwî
- (interrogative) Alternative form of wê.
North Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
editwi
Old Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
editwī
Inflection
edit1st person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ik, ic, ih | wī, wīr |
Accusative | mī, mik, *mic | uns, unsig |
Genitive | mīn | unsa, *unser |
Dative | mī | uns, unsig |
2nd person | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | thu, tu | gī, ir |
Accusative | thī, thik, *thic | iu, |
Genitive | thīn | iuwa, *iuwer |
Dative | thī | iu |
3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | hē, hie | sia | it |
Accusative | imo | sia | it |
Genitive | sīn, is | iro | is |
Dative | imo | iro | imo |
Plural | |||
Nominative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Accusative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Genitive | iro | ||
Dative | im |
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
editwī
Inflection
editDescendants
editOld Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
editwī
Declension
editPersonal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Descendants
editOttawa
editPronoun
editwi inan sg (plural niwi)
References
editJerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123
Pnar
edit< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : wi Ordinal : nyngkong | ||
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editwi
Scots
editPreposition
editwi
Alternative forms
editSeychellois Creole
editEtymology
editInterjection
editwi
Shuar
editPronoun
editwi
References
edit- Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
Sranan Tongo
editEtymology
editFrom English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editwi
Determiner
editwi
Tocharian B
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Next: | trai |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.
Numeral
editwi m or f
Vilamovian
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Pronoun
editwi
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West Makian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwi
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Yola
editPreposition
editwi
- Alternative form of wee (“with”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 32:
- A war cowdealeen wi ooree.
- They were scolding with one another.
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
- wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
- to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:
- Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
- In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:
- Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,
- In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 9-10:
- Wi Irishmen owre generale hopes be ee-bond——
- With Irishmen our common hopes are inseparably bound up——
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:
- shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,
- free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32
Yoruba
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwí
- The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
editwí
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editVerb
editwi
- (transitive) to throb
Etymology 4
editPronunciation
editVerb
editwì
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