gwe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gwe"

Japanese

Romanization

gwe

  1. The katakana syllable グェ (gwe) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Contraction of gowe, from English go away.

Verb

gwe

  1. to go away, to leave
    • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
      Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
      [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
      Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’
    • c. 1970, Michaël Slory, “Dungru worku broko a faja gi mi: wan fresko mamanten”, in Fri-kontren-sma‎[2], page 9:
      Mi o gwe go suku wan tra sortu libi now.
      I'll go away now, to look for a different kind of life.
  2. to disappear
    Mi bagasi gwe. ― My luggage is gone.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwe, from Proto-Celtic *wegyā. Cognate with Breton gwiad, and Cornish gwi, gwias.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡweː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

gwe f (plural gweoedd)

  1. web, spiderweb
  2. gauze
  3. (with definite article) the web

Derived terms

  • anwe (“woof, weft”)
  • gwe-rwydo (“phishing”)
  • gwe-ymlusgwr (“web crawler”)
  • gwefan (“website”)
  • gweog (“webbed”)
  • gweol (“textile, woven”)
  • gweu (“to spin a web; to knit”)
  • gwewyfyn (“webworm”)
  • llugwe (“filmy fern”)
  • meinwe (“(body or plant) tissue”)
  • teneuwe (“gauze, film”)
  • ymylwe (“selvage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwe
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwe we ngwe unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwe”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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