wi

See also WI, wI, wi., .wi, and wi'

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɪ/

Pronoun

wi personal pronoun

1. (Geordie) us

   Are yee commin with wi or not?

Preposition

wi

1. (Yorkshire) with

   Are tha doin' owt wi this?

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Chaap Wuurong

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Noun

wi

1. fire

References

• 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

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• wi see Wikipedia: Manuel de Codage

Pronoun

(G43-A2) wi

1. I, me

Noun

(G43-M17-A53) wi

1. mummy

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Japanese

Romanization

wi

1. See ゐ
2. See ヰ
3. See うぃ
4. See ウィ

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wiː/

Pronoun

wi

1. we

Declension

Middle Dutch personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	gi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

• Dutch: wij

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂. Compare Old Saxon wī, Old High German wir, Old Frisian wī, Old English wē, Old Norse vér.

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wi
  • Dutch: wij

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂. Compare Old English wē, Old Saxon wī, Old Dutch wī, Old High German wir, Old Norse vér.

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	ik	thū	hī	hiū, hiō	hit	wī	jī	hiā
accusative	mī	thī	hine	hiā	hit	ūs	jū, jō	hiā
dative	mī	thī	him	hire, hiāre	him	ūs	jū, jō	him, hirem, hiārem
genitive	mīn	thīn	sīn	hire, hiāre	sīn	ūser	jūwer	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• West Frisian: wy

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy-, plural of *éǵh₂. Compare Old English wē, Old Dutch wī, Old Frisian wī, Old High German wir, Old Norse vér, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis).

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronoun declensions

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	sīu	it
Accusative	mī, mik	thī, thik	ina	sīa
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkaro	inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī	gī	sīa	sīa	sīu
Accusative	ūs	īu, gīu
Dative			im
Genitive	ūsar	īuwar, gīuwar	iro

Descendants

• Low German: wi

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Scots

Preposition

wi

1. with

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Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.

Numeral

wi m and f

1. (cardinal) two