wewe

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Yao (South America) wewe.

Noun

wewe

1. tree

Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon wèwé, Saxwe Gbe wě

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wé.wé/

Adjective

wéwé

1. white

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Trió wewe, Wayana wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [βeːβe]
• (West Suriname) IPA^(key): [ʋeːʋe]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [weːwe]

Noun

wewe (possessed wewery, wery)

1. tree
2. wood
3. stick, rod

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 427
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wewe”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 519; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 508

Ojibwe

Noun

wewe

1. wild goose

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German weben, Dutch weven, English weave.

Verb

wewe

1. to weave

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Pronoun

wewe

1. you (second-person singular pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))

	person	independent	subject concord		object concord	combined forms			possessive
			affirmative	negative		na	ndi-	si-
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, na mimi	ndimi, ndiye	simi, siye	-angu
	second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, na wewe	ndiwe, ndiye	siwe, siye	-ako
	third	yeye	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	naye, na yeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, na sisi	ndisi, ndio	sio	-etu
	second	ninyi	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, na ninyi	ndinyi, ndio	sinyi, sio	-enu
	third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive		—	—		-ji-	—			—
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Wayana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Kari'na wewe, Trió wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.

Noun

wewe

1. tree
2. wood
3. stick

References

• Eliane Camargo, Tapinkili, et al. (2010) Hakëne omijau eitop wajana-palasisi: Dictionnaire bilingue wayana-français

Yao (South America)

Alternative forms

• veüe

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Apalaí wewe.

Noun

wewe

1. tree

Further reading

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642–643