wewe
Apalaí edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Yao (South America) wewe.
Noun edit
wewe
Gun edit
Etymology edit
Cognates include Fon wèwé, Saxwe Gbe wě
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
wéwé
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Trió wewe, Wayana wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
wewe
- wild goose
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German weben, Dutch weven, English weave.
Verb edit
wewe
- to weave
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Pronoun edit
wewe
- you (second-person singular pronoun)
See also edit
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
| Number | 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Kari'na wewe, Trió wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.
Noun edit
wewe
References edit
- Eliane Camargo, Tapinkili, et al. (2010) Hakëne omijau eitop wajana-palasisi: Dictionnaire bilingue wayana-français
Yao (South America) edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Apalaí wewe.
Noun edit
wewe
Further reading edit
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642–643