wi
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Variant of we.
PronounEdit
wi (personal pronoun)
Etymology 2Edit
Variant of with.
PrepositionEdit
wi
AnagramsEdit
AbinomnEdit
NounEdit
wi
AgutaynenEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Kalamian *waʔi, *waʔikʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wi
Further readingEdit
- Ronald S. Himes, The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages, in the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines, (2006, Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International), page 7
- Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw ,An Agutaynen-Filipino-English Phrasebook (2006, SIL Philippines)
AjiëEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wi
ReferencesEdit
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Alemannic GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.
NounEdit
wi m
- (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine
ReferencesEdit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
CaacEdit
VerbEdit
wi
- to bite
ReferencesEdit
- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations
Cameroon PidginEdit
PronounEdit
wi
- Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun”)
DeterminerEdit
wi
- Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural possessive determiner”)
Chaap WuurongEdit
NounEdit
wi
ReferencesEdit
- 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:
- The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
- [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
- […]
- fire wanyap wi
EgyptianEdit
RomanizationEdit
wi
FijianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Oceanic *wī; cognate with Samoan wī, Tongan vī and Hawaiian wī.
NounEdit
wi
ReferencesEdit
FolopaEdit
NounEdit
wị
- (Suri) water
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
FyamEdit
NounEdit
wi
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
wi
AntonymsEdit
IbanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayic *hui, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (“rattan”). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.
NounEdit
wi
Jamaican CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
wi
- we
- 2011, Richard Bingy Brown, Living the Dream (in English), →ISBN, page 58:
- “If de herbs wi get is good, dem will want lots more by next week […] ”
- Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.
- our
- 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice, page 11:
- “All di nice time was fi dem,
Dem tek wi black sista and use dem,
Dem starve we di men,
Wanting us not to be friend.
Thinking we ago rebel against dem […] ”- Only they enjoyed themselves,
They took away our black sisters and used them,
They starved us -- the men,
They didn't want us to be friends.
They thought we would rebel against them […]
- Only they enjoyed themselves,
- Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.
- Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.
- us
- 2010, Dave Collymore, 平和と愛の詩的表現: Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love (in English), →ISBN, page 128:
- “(Weh mi seh) young people mek wi arise
Mek wi trus God, pon him wi depen […] ”- (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
Let us trust God who we depend on […]
- (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
- Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.
- They see us getting ahead and they're angry.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 594
- wi – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
wi
Kom (Cameroon)Edit
NounEdit
wi (plural ghɨki)
ReferencesEdit
- Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)
KumakEdit
NounEdit
wi
ReferencesEdit
- I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
wi
AntonymsEdit
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
wi
InflectionEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: wij
Further readingEdit
- “wi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle Low GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /wiː/
- (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.
PronounEdit
wî
- (personal, first person singular nominative) we
DeclensionEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
PronounEdit
wî
- (interrogative) Alternative form of wê.
North FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
PronounEdit
wi
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
PronounEdit
wī
InflectionEdit
1st person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ik, ic, ih | wī, wīr |
Accusative | mī, mik, *mic | uns, unsig |
Genitive | mīn | unsa, *unser |
Dative | mī | uns, unsig |
2nd person | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | thu, tu | gī, ir |
Accusative | thī, thik, *thic | iu, |
Genitive | thīn | iuwa, *iuwer |
Dative | thī | iu |
3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | hē, hie | sia | it |
Accusative | imo | sia | it |
Genitive | sīn, is | iro | is |
Dative | imo | iro | imo |
Plural | |||
Nominative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Accusative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Genitive | iro | ||
Dative | im |
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
PronounEdit
wī
InflectionEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
PronounEdit
wī
DeclensionEdit
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
DescendantsEdit
OttawaEdit
PronounEdit
wi inan sg (plural niwi)
ReferencesEdit
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123
PnarEdit
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : wi Ordinal : nyngkong | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
wi
ScotsEdit
PrepositionEdit
wi
Seychellois CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
InterjectionEdit
wi
ShuarEdit
PronounEdit
wi
ReferencesEdit
- Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
wi
DeterminerEdit
wi
Tocharian BEdit
Previous: | ṣe |
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Next: | trai |
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.
NumeralEdit
wi m or f
VilamovianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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PronounEdit
wi
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West MakianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wi
ReferencesEdit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse víðir, from Proto-Germanic *wīþijō.
NounEdit
wi´ f (definite singular wi´ă, definite plural wīĕn)
Usage notesEdit
Several species of the same kind are conflated under this name.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
YolaEdit
PrepositionEdit
wi
- Alternative form of wee (“with”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- A war cowdealeen wi ooree.
- They were scolding with one another.
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 32
YorubaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wí
- The name of the Latin-script letter W.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
wí
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
wi
- (transitive) to throb
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
wì