wil

See also: wił, wi·l, and Wil

English

Verb

wil

1. Obsolete spelling of will.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch willen, from Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

wil (present wil, past wou, past participle gewil)

1. to want

Usage notes

This is an auxiliary verb and may be translated thus in English, as "would like to". There is also a nonstandard past participle sometimes used in colloquial speech, gewou.

Related terms

• gewild (“popular”)

Noun

wil (uncountable)

1. will

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: wil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wille, from Old Dutch willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.

Noun

wil m (uncountable, diminutive willetje n)

1. will

   Antonym: onwil

Derived terms

• kwaadwil
• moedwil
• omwille van
• onwil
• ter wille van
• volkswil
• vrije wil
• weerwil
• willekeur
• wilsbekwaam
• wilskracht
• wilsvrijheid
• wilszwakte

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wil
• Negerhollands: wil, wille

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wil

1. inflection of willen:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ule (“penis”), from Proto-Austronesian *ule (“penis”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwil/

Noun

wil

1. penis

Declension

Possessive forms of wil (tight inalienable possession, oa/a stem)

singular possessor	first person		wiloaioa
	second person		wiloamwen
	third person		wiloa
dual possessors	first person inclusive		wilasa
	first person exclusive		wilama
	second person		wilamwa
	third person		wilara
plural possessors	first person inclusive		wilasai
	first person exclusive		wilamai
	second person		wilamwai
	third person		wilarai
remote plural possessors	first person inclusive		wilahs
	first person exclusive		wilami
	second person		wilemwi
	third person		wilahr
construct form			wilen

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *ule

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wīlą (“craft, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Old Norse vél.

Noun

wīl n

1. wile, trick or device

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wīl	wīl
accusative	wīl	wīl
genitive	wīles	wīla
dative	wīle	wīlum

Descendants

• Middle English: wile
  • English: wile

Etymology 2

Related to willan

Noun

wil n

1. pleasure, will
2. something desirable

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wil	wil
accusative	wil	wil
genitive	willes	willa
dative	wille	willum

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wil”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch wiel.

Noun

wil

1. wheel

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wheel.

Noun

wil

1. wheel

Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wiɫ]

Noun

wil

1. head

Derived terms

• wiline

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wil”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project