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wi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wi"
Languages (37)
English
Abinomn • Agutaynen • Ajië • Alemannic German • Caac • Cameroon Pidgin • Chaap Wuurong • Egyptian • Fijian • Folopa • Fyam • Haitian Creole • Iban • Jamaican Creole • Japanese • Kom (Cameroon) • Kumak • Louisiana Creole • Mauritian Creole • Middle Dutch • Middle Low German • North Frisian • Old Dutch • Old Frisian • Old Saxon • Ottawa • Pnar • Scots • Seychellois Creole • Shuar • Sranan Tongo • Tocharian B • Vilamovian • West Makian • Yola • Yoruba
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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Variant of we.

Pronoun

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wi (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) us
    Are yee commin with wi or not?

Etymology 2

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Variant of with.

Preposition

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wi

  1. (Yorkshire) with
    Are-ta doin owt wi this?

Anagrams

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Abinomn

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Noun

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wi

  1. water
  2. rain

Agutaynen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kalamian *waʔi, *waʔikʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

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wi

  1. water

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Ajië

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wi

  1. man

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

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wi m

  1. (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine

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Caac

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Verb

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wi

  1. to bite

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  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

Cameroon Pidgin

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Pronoun

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wi

  1. Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun”)

Determiner

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wi

  1. Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural possessive determiner”)

Chaap Wuurong

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Noun

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wi

  1. fire

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  • 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
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Egyptian

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Romanization

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wi

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wj.

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *wī; cognate with Samoan wī, Tongan vī and Hawaiian wī.

Noun

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wi

  1. ambarella, Spondias dulcis.

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Folopa

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Noun

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wị

  1. (Suri) water

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Fyam

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Noun

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wi

  1. sun

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French oui.

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Adverb

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wi

  1. yes

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Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *hui, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (“rattan”). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.

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wi

  1. rattan

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː/
  • Hyphenation: wi

Pronoun

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wi

  1. we
    Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.
    • 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 […] ”
  2. our
    Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.
    Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.
    • 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice (in Jamaican Creole), 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 […]
  3. us
    Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.
    They see us getting ahead and they're angry.
    • 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 […]
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Japanese

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Romanization

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wi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヰ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of うぃ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ウィ

Kom (Cameroon)

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Noun

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wi (plural ghɨki)

  1. woman, female
  2. wife

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  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Kumak

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Noun

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wi

  1. water

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  • I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)

Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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Inherited from Louisiana French oui (“yes”).

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Particle

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wi

  1. yes
    Synonym: wé (more common)
    Antonym: non

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French oui.

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Adverb

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wi

  1. yes; a word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch wī

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Pronoun

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wi

  1. we

Inflection

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Middle Dutch personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ic mi mijn
2nd person du di dijn
3rd
person 		m hi hem, hen sijn
f si haer haer
n het hem, hen sijn
plural 1st person wi ons onse
2nd person gi u uwe
3rd person si hem, hen haer

Descendants

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  • Dutch: wij, we (muted)
    • Afrikaans: wy
    • Jersey Dutch: wāi
    • Negerhollands: wellie

Further reading

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  • “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 German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wiː/
  • (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴

Etymology 1

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From Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.

Pronoun

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wî

  1. (personal, first person singular nominative) we
Declension
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Middle Low German personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik (ek) mî (mê, mik, mek) mîn (mîner)
2nd person dû dî (dê, dik, dek) dîn (dîner)
3rd person 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)
plural 1st person wî (wê, wie) uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) unser (ûser)
2nd person gî (jê, î) jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person sê (sî, sie) em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)

For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

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  • Low German: wir
    • Dutch Low Saxon: wi
    • German Low German: wi
      Plautdietsch: wie

Etymology 2

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From Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronoun

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wî

  1. (interrogative) Alternative form of wê.

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

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wi (Föhr-Amrum)

  1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

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Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case masculine referent feminine / neuter referent plural referent
full reduced full reduced attributive independent
singular 1st ik 'k mi man min minen
2nd dü – di dan din dinen
3rd m hi 'r ham 'n san sin sinen
f or n hat at, 't at, 't
plural 1st wi 'f üs üüs üüsen
üsens
2nd jam 'm jam jau jauen
jamens
3rd jo 's jo 's hör hören
hörens
  • The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
  • At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
  • Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
  • Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
  • The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

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wī

  1. we

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Old Dutch personal pronouns
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

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Further reading

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  • “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

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wī (accusative ūs, genitive ūser, dative ūs)

  1. we

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik mī mī mīn
2nd person thū thī thī thīn
3rd
person 		m hī hine him sīn
f hiū, hiō hiā hire, hiāre hire, hiāre
n hit hit him sīn
plural 1st person wī ūs ūs ūser
2nd person jī jū, jō jū, jō jūwer
3rd person hiā hiā him, hirem, hiārem hira, hiāra

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  • North Frisian: wi, wü
  • Saterland Frisian: wie
  • West Frisian: wy

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

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wī

  1. we

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Old Saxon personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular 1st person ik mī, me, mik mī mīn
2nd person thū thī, thik thī thīn
3rd
person 		m hē ina imu is
f siu sia iru ira
n it it is
dual 1st person wit unk unkero, unka
2nd person git ink inker, inka
plural 1st person wī, we ūs, unsik ūs ūser
2nd person gī, ge eu, iu, iuu euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
3rd
person 		m sia im iro
f sia
n siu

Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: wî
    • Low German: wir
      • Dutch Low Saxon: wi
      • German Low German: wi
        Plautdietsch: wie

Ottawa

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Pronoun

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wi inan sg (plural niwi)

  1. that

References

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Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123

Pnar

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Pnar cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : wi
    Ordinal : nyngkong

Etymology

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From Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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wi

  1. (cardinal number) one

Scots

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Preposition

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wi

  1. with

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Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From French oui.

Interjection

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wi

  1. yes

Shuar

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Pronoun

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wi

  1. I, first person singular

References

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  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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wi

  1. we, us

Determiner

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wi

  1. our

Tocharian B

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cardinal numbers
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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.

Numeral

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wi m or f

  1. two

Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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wi

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wi

  1. tooth

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

Yola

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Preposition

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wi

  1. Alternative form of wee (“with”)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 32:
      A war cowdealeen wi ooree.
      They were scolding with one another.
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
      wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
      to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:
      Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
      In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:
      Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,
      In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 9-10:
      Wi Irishmen owre generale hopes be ee-bond——
      With Irishmen our common hopes are inseparably bound up——
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:
      shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,
      free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 32

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /wí/

Noun

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wí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /wí/

Verb

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wí

  1. to say
    Synonyms: ní, sọ, fọ̀

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /wī/

Verb

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wi

  1. (transitive) to throb

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wì

  1. to singe; to scorch
    Synonyms: sun, yan
    Òòrẹ̀ ní ń ṣẹ́gi tí a ó fi wì í ― The porcupine gathers the wood with which we will singe it
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