uwe

See also: Uwe

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyu̯ə/

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Determiner

uwe

1. non-attributive form of uw (English: yours)

   Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.

   Die auto is de uwe. — That car is your one. That car is yours.

   Dat huis is het uwe. — That house is your one. That house is yours.

   Dat is de/het uwe. — That is your one. That is yours.

2. (archaic) inflected form of uw

Inflection

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
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer
2nd person archaic or regiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	hare	zich	harer
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons	onzer
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner
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.

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Esmeralda

Noun

uwe

1. Alternative form of uvve

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"

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Middle Dutch

Determiner

uwe

1. inflection of u:
   1. feminine nominative and accusative singular
   2. nominative and accusative plural

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Tukang Besi North

Noun

uwe

1. water

References

• Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, →ISBN

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Tukang Besi South

Noun

uwe

1. water

References

• Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, →ISBN

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Wolio

Noun

uwe

1. water

References

• Johannes Cornelis Anceaux, The Wolio Language: Outline of Grammatical Description and Texts
• Morfologi kata kerja bahasa Wolio (1986)

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Zazaki

Noun

uwe

1. water

Synonyms

• aw (Dimli)

References

• Ludwig Paul, Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie (1998)