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Translingual Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
IPA (file)
Letter Edit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
Ligature Edit
w (obsolete)
- ⟨uu⟩
- ⟨vv⟩
Symbol Edit
w
- (IPA) a voiced labial-velar (or, more precisely, labialized velar) approximant.
- (superscript ⟨ʷ⟩) labialization ([w]-coloring), or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [w].
- Specifically, on a vowel letter: an [u] off-glide (diphthong) or a protruded (as opposed to compressed) vowel, e.g. Swedish /yʷː/.
- (superscript ⟨ʷ⟩) labialization ([w]-coloring), or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [w].
- (NAPA, superscript ⟨ʷ⟩) labialization.
Gallery Edit
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
See also Edit
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter W): Ẃẃ Ẁẁ Ŵŵ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ W̊ẘ Ⱳⱳ ᴡ Ww
- (Letter combinations): Ꜳꜳ Ææ ᴁᴭ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜵꜵ Åå Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ DZDzdz DŽDždž ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ff fi ffi fl ffl ℔ IJij LJLjlj Ỻỻ Ŋŋ NJNjnj Œœ ɶ Ꝏꝏ Ȣȣᴕ ȹ ẞß ſtst ᵫ Ůů Ww Ꝡꝡ
- Turned: ʍ
- Ƿ
- ʬ
Other representations of W:
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌbə.juː/, /ˈdʌbiː.(j)uː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/
Audio (US) (file)
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W, plural ws or w's)
- The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms Edit
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Etymology 2 Edit
Abbreviations.
w
- (stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of we.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of were.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of who and its inflection whom.
Noun Edit
w
Adjective Edit
w
Preposition Edit
w
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of with.
- Alternative form: w/
- 2013, Jessica Burkhart, Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special), New York, NY: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 44:
- This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺
- with a wing (on the Enneagram)
- When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.
Basque Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes Edit
- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
See also Edit
Danish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (uppercase W)
- the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å
Dutch Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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Egyptian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /uː/
- Conventional anglicization: u
Particle Edit
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enclitic
- (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands
Alternative forms Edit
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Noun Edit
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m
- area, district
- administrative district
- nome [since the New Kingdom]
Inflection Edit
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Pronoun Edit
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sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)
References Edit
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 243.1–243.8
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 51, 198, 415.
Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and w for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (file)
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes Edit
- In the Finnish alphabet, w is a variant of v.
- Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling.
See also Edit
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (uppercase W)
Fula Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes Edit
See also Edit
Gothic Edit
Romanization Edit
w
- Romanization of 𐍅
Haitian Creole Edit
Pronoun Edit
w
- Contraction of ou.
Hungarian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.
Declension Edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | w | w-k |
accusative | w-t | w-ket |
dative | w-nek | w-knek |
instrumental | w-vel | w-kkel |
causal-final | w-ért | w-kért |
translative | w-vé | w-kké |
terminative | w-ig | w-kig |
essive-formal | w-ként | w-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | w-ben | w-kben |
superessive | w-n | w-ken |
adessive | w-nél | w-knél |
illative | w-be | w-kbe |
sublative | w-re | w-kre |
allative | w-hez | w-khez |
elative | w-ből | w-kből |
delative | w-ről | w-kről |
ablative | w-től | w-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
w-é | w-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
w-éi | w-kéi |
Possessive forms of w | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | w-m | w-im |
2nd person sing. | w-d | w-id |
3rd person sing. | w-je | w-i |
1st person plural | w-nk | w-ink |
2nd person plural | w-tek | w-itek |
3rd person plural | w-jük | w-ik |
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Further reading Edit
- w in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ido Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Indonesian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) huruf; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronoun Edit
w
- (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of gue.
- Synonym: gw
Italian Edit
Letter Edit
w f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case W)
- the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian
Usage notes Edit
- The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.
Japanese Edit
Etymology Edit
Short for (笑) (warai, “laughing”).
Punctuation mark Edit
w
Usage notes Edit
- w can be used multiple times in a row, as in the examples above; it is sometimes repeated to quite lengthy extents.
Derived terms Edit
- 草 (kusa)
Related terms Edit
Kashubian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and w for development of the glyph itself.
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż
Etymology 2 Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).
Preposition Edit
w
- Denotes inessive position; in, at, on
- Denotes illative movement; into, in, to
- Denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of
- Denotes position in time; in, on
Alternative forms Edit
Further reading Edit
- Stefan Ramułt (1893), “v”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego, page 241
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “w, we”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 2, page 1251
- “w”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Lower Sorbian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- IPA(key): (before most vowels) /w/
- Silent before consonants and word-initially before ⟨o⟩ and ⟨u⟩ (but not ⟨ó⟩)
Etymology 1 Edit
Letter Edit
w (upper case W)
- The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2 Edit
From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.
Alternative forms Edit
- we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)
Preposition Edit
w (with locative)
See also Edit
Malay Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
Maltese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z
Etymology 2 Edit
Conjunction Edit
w
- Superseded spelling of u before or after a vowel.
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Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (upper case W)
- A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes Edit
The letter ⟨w⟩ is used for the phoneme /w/, but also for /ɣ/ before a back vowel, where that is pronounced [ɣʷ].
Norwegian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w
- The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Usage notes Edit
- Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.
Nupe Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
Old Polish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). First attested in the first half of the 14th century.
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
w
- denotes illative movement; into [+accusative]
- denotes contact because of movement, i.e. to bump into something [+accusative]
- denotes allative movement; to, towards [+accusative]
- used in temporal constructions to create adverbs from nouns [+accusative]
- denotes a goal or aim; for [+accusative] or [+locative]
- denotes function; in the role of; as [+accusative] or [+locative]
- denotes a manner; in [+accusative] or [+locative]
- denotes instrumental usage [+accusative] or [+locative]
- used with some nouns to denote physical or temporal measure [+accusative] or [+locative]
- denotes the amount of participants [+accusative]
- denotes a change of state; into [+accusative]
- denotes the intended addressee of a statement; at [+accusative] or [+locative]
- used in some syntactical constructions with verbs [+accusative]
- denotes inessive position; in [+locative]
- denotes position in time; in [+locative]
- denotes cause; because of [+locative]
- used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" [+locative]
- denotes state; in [+locative]
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “w”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and w for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation Edit
IPA(key): /v/, or IPA(key): /f/ if devoiced
Letter Edit
w (upper case W, lower case)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Etymology 2 Edit
Inherited from Old Polish w.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Preposition Edit
w
- Denotes inessive position; in, at, on [+locative]
- Od roku mieszkam we Francji. ― I've lived in France for a year.
- On siedzi w więzieniu za morderstwo. ― He's in prison for murder.
- Widziałam cię wczoraj w pociągu. ― I saw you on the train yesterday.
- Denotes position in time; in, on [+locative] or sometimes [+accusative]
- Urodziłem się w czerwcu. ― I was born in June.
- W niedzielę zawsze chodzimy do kościoła. ― We always go to church on Sundays.
- W zeszłym roku podróżowaliśmy po Europie. ― Last year we travelled around Europe.
- Denotes state; in [+locative]
- Byłem w szoku po wypadku. ― I was in shock after the accident.
- Kupił dziewczynie naszyjnik w postaci serca. ― He bought his girlfriend a necklace in the shape of a heart.
- Denotes approxmiate position; at [+locative]
- Musi być coś, w czym jesteś dobry? ― There must be something you're good at?
- Denotes illative movement; into, in, to [+accusative]
- Włożył koszulę w spodnie. ― He tucked his shirt into his trousers.
- Uderzyłem go prosto w twarz. ― I hit him right in the face.
- Skręć w lewo za pocztą. ― Turn (to the) left after the post office.
- Denotes a change of state; into [+accusative]
- Stary młyn przekształcono w nowoczesne mieszkania. ― They turned the old mill into modern apartments.
- Pokrój ziemniaki w małe kawałki. ― Cut the potatoes into small pieces.
- Used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" decorated with [+accusative]
- koszula w kratkę ― plaid shirt
- geopard w cętki. ― A spotted leopard
- Miała na sobie długą, granatową suknię w złote gwiazdki. ― She was wearing a long, dark blue dress decorated with little gold stars.
- Denotes length of time; within, in the space of, in [+accusative]
- Synonyms: w ciągu, w przeciągu, na przestrzeni
- Cały egzamin skończyłem w godzinę. ― I finished the whole exam within an hour.
- Denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of [+accusative]
- Zróbmy coś fajnego, tylko w dwójkę. ― Let's do something fun, just the two of us.
- Byliśmy w piątkę. ― We were in a group of five/There were five of us.
- W tę grę można grać w cztery osoby. ― You can play this game as a foursome.
Usage notes Edit
Some combinations of sounds, chiefly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition be used in the vocalized form we. Examples:
- we włosach ― in the hair
- we Wrocławiu ― in Wrocław
But:
- w Warszawie ― in Warsaw
Trivia Edit
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), w is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3570 times in scientific texts, 4769 times in news, 3819 times in essays, 2589 times in fiction, and 1569 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 16316 times, making it the 1st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References Edit
Further reading Edit
- w in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- w in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “W”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 18.01.2023
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 435
Portuguese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter name:
Phoneme:
- IPA(key): /w/, /v/ (used in loanwords, varies according to the source language of the borrowed term)
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
Romani Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.
References Edit
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “w”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16
Romanian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes Edit
Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
See also Edit
Silesian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and w for development of the glyph itself.
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ǒ ǒ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Etymology 2 Edit
Inherited from Old Polish w.
Preposition Edit
w
- Denotes inessive position; in, at, on [+locative]
- Synonym: (with some countries and regions) na
- Denotes illative movement; into, in, to [+accusative]
- Denotes a position or post, or a position in a social hierarchy; in [+locative]
- Used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" decorated with [+accusative]
- Denotes worn item; dressed in [+locative]
- Denotes length of time; within, in the space of, in [+accusative]
- Denotes position in time; in, on [+locative]
- Denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of [+accusative]
Alternative forms Edit
Further reading Edit
- w in silling.org
Spanish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- IPA(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet
Swedish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- Letter name
- Phoneme
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.
Usage notes Edit
- In blackletter typography, w was commonly used instead of v. When printers (gradually during the 19th century) changed to Latin typography, spelling changed from w to v, except in some family names. However, this change does not count as a spelling reform.
- In many abbreviations, Swedes say v (ve, as in German) instead of w (dubbelve), e.g. BMW (be emm ve), VW (ve ve), WC (ve se), WHO (ve hå o), WWW (ve ve ve).
Noun Edit
w
See also Edit
References Edit
Tagalog Edit
Etymology Edit
From English w. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English w.
- Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).
Formerly, the letter u was used to represent /w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: w
- (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ˈdobolju/, [ˈdo.bol.jʊ]
- (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /wa/, [wɐ]
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, [w]
- Rhymes: -obolju, -a
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W, Baybayin spelling ᜏ)
- The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called wa and written in the Latin script.
Further reading Edit
- “w”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Turkmen Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called we and written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
Welsh Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): ẁ
- (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): ẃ
- (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity): ŵ
- (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ẅ
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called w and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by u and followed by y.
Mutation Edit
- w cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
wy | unchanged | unchanged | hwy |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Derived terms Edit
- Digraph sequences: wy
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
- (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd
Noun Edit
w f (plural ŵau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter W.
Mutation Edit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
w | unchanged | unchanged | hw |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 2 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
- (in affirmative statements): rw
Pronunciation Edit
Usage notes Edit
This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so may be pronounced as part of a diphthong /ʊi̯/ or as /wiː/.
Verb Edit
w
- (South Wales) first-person singular present colloquial of bod (in affirmative or negative statements)
- W i yn y car.
- I’m in the car.
- W i ddim yn hapus.
- I’m not happy.
Related terms Edit
- ydw (interrogative)
White Hmong Edit
Noun Edit
w
Verb Edit
w
Yoruba Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called wí and written in the Latin script.
See also Edit
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
Zhuang Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ʔɯ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: w1
- Hyphenation: w
Noun Edit
w (1957–1982 spelling ɯ)
- gum (in the eye)
Zulu Edit
Letter Edit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.