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we

See also: Appendix:Variations of "we"

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).

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Pronoun

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we (first-person plural nominative case, objective case us, possessive determiner our, possessive pronoun ours, reflexive ourselves, reflexive singular ourself)

  1. (personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
    • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      It’s time to overcome queasiness and restraint. We, the liberal and progressive people of the world, are at war with the far right to save the earth.
  2. (personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
  3. (personal) The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
    • 2021, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, “Paper No. CMAB C4/9/1”, in Documents of the Hong Kong Legislative Council‎[2], page 1:
      In light of the promulgation of the aforementioned laws and decisions, we (the administration) propose to make the following amendments to local legislation to implement the relevant requirements on oath taking by public officers.
  4. (personal, royal) The sovereign alone in their capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
  5. (personal) The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
    How are we all tonight?
  6. (personal, often considered patronising) A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
    How are we feeling this morning?
  7. (colloquial) The speaker themselves, used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)
    Hey guys, how's it going? Today we are going to be playing a new game.
    • 2021 January 6, 3:38:03 from the start, in Rally on Electoral College Vote Certification‎[3] (television broadcast), spoken by Donald Trump, Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN):
      All Vice President [Mike] Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people.
    • 2021 June 24, “Far from Home” (3:07 from the start), in Alone‎[4], season 9, episode 4 (televison production), spoken by Theresa Emmerich Kamper, via HISTORY Channel:
      [Today is] not a day to think about fishing so we will get back to working on the shelter. [cut in video] Cool, so I guess the best analogy for this, then, is that we've basically framed the house, and now we get to shingle.
    • 2022 October 25, 32:11 from the start, Vote 2022, in Joseph Camp, director, PBS NewsHour‎[5] (television production), spoken by John Fetterman, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived from the original on 2022-10-25:
      The elephant in the room, you know, we had a stroke back in May.
  8. (West Country, archaic) Us.
  9. (bridge) The side which is keeping score.
    Antonym: they
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Jamaican Creole: wi
  • Sranan Tongo: wi
Translations
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Determiner

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we

  1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
    We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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we

  2. (Geordie) Us.
    He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift.
    He was a great guy, and always bought us drinks after a long shift.
    And what have you done for we since? Nowt!
    And what have you done for us since? Nothing!
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Not to be confused with Tyneside us (“me”).

Anagrams

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Abinomn

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Noun

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we (dual werom, plural wekon)

  1. tree kangaroo

References

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  • Newguineaworld, citing Donohue and Musgrave, Abinomn nominal number (2007: 365)

Anguthimri

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Noun

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we

  1. (Mpakwithi) owl

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  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189

Caac

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Noun

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we

  1. water
    kô-ny we
    'my (glass/drink of) water'

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Cameroon Pidgin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English we.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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we

  1. we, us 1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun

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Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns
Subject personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person I we, wu
2nd person you wuna
3rd person i dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person me we
2nd person you wuna
3rd person yi, -am dem, -am

Determiner

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we

  1. our, 1st person plural possessive determiner

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Cameroonian Pidgin possessive determiners
singular plural
1st person my we
2nd person your wuna
3rd person yi dia

Chuukese

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Determiner

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we (plural kewe)

  1. (possessive subject marker) the (singular)

Dadibi

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Noun

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wẹ

  1. water

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References

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  • Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
  • Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130: Polopa so/sou woman, cf. DAR sou female animal but we woman. Several multiple cognate sets appeared in the data. Daribi uses both ạị and wẹ for water; some Polopa speakers gave one term, some another. Both are probably known everywhere.

Dutch

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Etymology

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See wij.

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Pronoun

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we (personal pronoun)

  1. we

Inflection

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Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Jersey Dutch: wê

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Fijian

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Noun

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we

  1. scar

Fwâi

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we

Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)

Galoli

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR.

Noun

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we

  1. (Talur) water

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Haeke

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

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Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • Jean Claude Rivierre, Sabine Ehrhart, Raymond Diéla, Le Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné (2006)

Haveke

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • Jean Claude Rivierre, Sabine Ehrhart, Raymond Diéla, Le Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné (2006)

Hmwaveke

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water

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Ido

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Etymology

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From w +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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we (plural we-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter W/w.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch wee.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wé

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

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we

  1. that
    • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 25:
      Uman we a mada an pikni disorv speshal kier an elp.
      Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.
      (literally, “Women that are mothers, and children, deserve special care and help.”)

Etymology 2

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Derived from English where.

Conjunction

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we

  1. where
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 14:14:
      Wen im go iina wan ous, tel di uona fi di ous se, "Di tiicha se fi aks yu se: We di ges ruum de we mi kyan nyam di Paasuova fuud wid mi speshal falara dem?"
      and when he goes into a house, ask the owner where I and my disciples can celebrate the Passover.

Further reading

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  • we at majstro.com

Japanese

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Romanization

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we

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゑ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヱ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of うぇ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ウェ

Jawe

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)

Kashubian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Syllabification: we

Preposition

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we

  1. Alternative form of w.

Kikuyu

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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we (second person singular)

  1. you, thou
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  • -aku (“your, thy”)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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we (third person singular)

  1. s/he
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  • -ake (“his/her”)

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Independent personal pronouns in Kikuyu
singular plural
1st person niĩ ithuĩ
2nd person we /wɛ(ː)/ inyuĩ
3rd person we /wɛ/ o

References

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  • “we” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 561. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Laboya

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Noun

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we

  1. water

References

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  • Greenhill, S. J., Blust. R, Gray, R. D. (2008) “The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics”, in Evolutionary Bioinformatics‎[6], number 4, archived from the original on 18 April 2017, pages 271-283
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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we (with locative)

  1. Alternative form of w (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

Mandarin

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Romanization

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we (we5／we0, Zhuyin ˙ㄨㄝ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喂

Romanization

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we

  1. Nonstandard spelling of wē.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

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Adjective

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we (Raguileo spelling)

  1. new, recent

References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Masurian

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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we

  1. Alternative form of w

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Compare wit (first person dual pronoun).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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we (accusative us, we, genitive oure, possessive determiner oures)

  2. First-person plural pronoun: we
  3. First-person plural accusative pronoun: us
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Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd-person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd-person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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Etymology 2

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From Old English wēa, from Proto-Germanic *waiwô. Doublet of wowe.

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Noun

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we (uncountable)

  2. woe, grief, sadness
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Middle Low German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Saxon hwē, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronoun

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wê (accusative wēne or wen, dative wēme or wem, genitive wes)

  1. (interrogative, masculine, feminine) who

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *wiz.

Pronoun

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wê

  1. (personal, first person, in the plural, nominative) Alternative form of wî.

Nedebang

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Noun

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we

  1. blood

References

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  • Gary Holton and Laura Robinson, The Internal History of the Alor-Pantar language family, in The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology, edited by Marian Klamer
  • transnewguinea.org (wæ), ASJP 1 (wE i.e. wɛ), ASJP 2 (we)

Nemi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)

North Ambrym

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water

Further reading

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  • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)
  • George William Grace, The position of the Polynesian languages within the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family (1959)

Nyâlayu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (1991), page 81

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wiz, *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Cognate with Old Frisian wī (West Frisian wy), Old Saxon wī (Low German wi), Old Dutch wī (Dutch wij), Old High German wir (German wir), Old Norse vér (Danish and Swedish vi), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis).

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Pronoun

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wē (personal pronoun)

  1. we (nominative plural of iċ)

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Old English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular first person iċ mec, mē mē mīn
second person þū þec, þē þē þīn
third person neuter hit him his
masculine hē hine
feminine hēo hīe hiere
dual first person wit unc, uncit unc uncer
second person ġit inc, incit inc incer
plural first person wē ūs, ūsic ūs ūser, ūre
second person ġē ēow, ēowic ēow ēower
third person hīe him heora


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Old Javanese

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi. Doublet of wari.

Noun

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we

  1. sun
  2. day
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Zoetmulder used Old Javanese we as primary entry for sun and day sense, while Old Javanese wwe used for water as primary entry.

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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we

  1. Alternative spelling of wwe (“water”)

Further reading

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  • "we" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Polish

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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we

  1. Alternative form of w

Pije

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

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  • André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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we

  1. Alternative form of w, used mostly before words that begin with consonant clusters.

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with English we.

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Pronoun

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we

  1. we
  2. us

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Scots personal pronouns
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular A, I, Ik me mysel mine, mines mine, my
plural we us, we oorsel, oorsels oors our
second person singular standard (formal) ye
you, yow		 ye
you, yow		 yersel
yoursel		 yers
yours		 yer
your
Insular (informal) thoo thee thysel, theesel thines thy, thee, thees
plural ye, yese
you, youse		 ye, yese
you, youse
theer		 yesels
yoursels		 yers
yours		 yer
your
third person singular masculine he, e him, im himsel, hissel his, is his, is
feminine scho, she, shu her, er hersel hers her, er
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itsel
hitsel		 its
hits		 its
hits
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		ane ane – – ane's
plural thay thaim thaimsel, thaimsels thairs thair

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Silesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Syllabification: we

Preposition

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we

  1. Alternative form of w, used mostly before words that begin with consonant clusters

Slovincian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ/
  • Syllabification: we

Preposition

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we

  1. Alternative form of w.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Variant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwe/ [ˈwe]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: we

Noun

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we m or f by sense (plural wees)

  1. (colloquial) dude, guy, buddy
    Synonyms: carnal, cuate, tonto, bato
  2. (Mexico, colloquial slang) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk

Tocharian A

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cardinal numbers
Previous: sas
Next: tre

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.

Numeral

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we f

  1. two
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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English where.

Adverb

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we

  1. where

Turkmen

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian وَ (va).

Conjunction

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we

  1. and

Etymology 2

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Noun

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we (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

Uyghur

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Noun

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we

  1. Latin (ULY) transcription of ۋە (we)

Vamale

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Noun

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we

  1. water

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Welsh

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Noun

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we

  1. Soft mutation of gwe.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwe we ngwe unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

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Noun

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we

  1. leaf

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[8], Pacific linguistics

Yola

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Pronoun

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we

  1. Alternative form of wough
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 7-9:
      and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.
      and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:
      Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,
      The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,
    • 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,

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  • 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 114

Yuaga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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we

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

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  • Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (1999), page 81

Zaghawa

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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we

  1. head lice

Numeral

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we

  1. three

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Zulu

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Pronoun

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-we

  1. Combining stem of wena.
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