wẹ

• wɛ̀ (Benin)

Cognates include Fon wɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe wɛ, Saxwe Gbe wɛ́

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̀/

wẹ̀ (Nigeria)

1. to be, it is

   Ògán lọ́ wẹ̀ yé mọ̀ ― It is the chief they see

• gwẹ̀

Possibly derived from Proto-Yoruboid *gwɛ̀. Cognate with Igala gwẹ̀.

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̀/

wẹ̀

1. (intransitive) to bathe, to shower
2. (intransitive) to swim

   Synonym: lùwẹ̀

3. to wash something

   Synonym: fọ

• wẹ before a direct object

• ọwọ́wẹwọ́ (“reciprocal”)
• ìwẹ̀ (“bathing”)
• lùwẹ̀ (“to swim”)
• Wẹ̀mímọ́

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̄/, /wɛ̀/

wẹ or wẹ̀

1. to be soaked with liquid

• wẹ before a direct object

• IPA^(key): /wɛ́/

wẹ́

1. (transitive) to crush, to crumble

• ìwẹ́
• wẹ́gì

• IPA^(key): /wɛ́/

wẹ́

1. to be thin, tiny, or small
2. to be slender; to be beautiful

• awẹ́ (“that which is small”)
• Awẹ́lẹ́wà