xew

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *hwápnas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”), from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with English sweven (“dream, vision”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xɛw/

Noun edit

xew f

(uncountable) sleep

Derived terms edit

xew kirin

Related terms edit

xewn

Wolof edit

Verb edit

xew

to happen

Noun edit

xew (definite form xew mi)

occasion, ceremony

References edit

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 259

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