wewe
Apalaí
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Yao (South America) wewe.
Noun
wewe
Gun
Etymology
Cognates include Fon wèwé, Saxwe Gbe wě
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wé.wé/
Adjective
wéwé
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Trió wewe, Wayana wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.
Pronunciation
Noun
wewe (possessed wewery, wery)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 427
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wewe”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 519; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 508
Ojibwe
Noun
wewe
- wild goose
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German weben, Dutch weven, English weave.
Verb
wewe
- to weave
Swahili
Etymology
Cognate with Chichewa iwe (“thou, you singular”), Tumbuka iwe (“thou, you singular”), Tooro iwe (“thou, you singular”) and Venda iwe (“thou, you singular”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Pronoun
wewe
- you (second-person singular pronoun)
See also
| person | independent | subject concord | object concord |
combined forms | possessive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| affirmative | negative | na | ndi- | si- | |||||
| singular | first | mimi | ni- | si- | -ni- | nami, na mimi | ndimi, ndiye | simi, siye | -angu |
| second | wewe | u- | hu- | -ku- | nawe, na wewe | ndiwe, ndiye | siwe, siye | -ako | |
| third | yeye | a-, yu- | ha-, hayu- | -m-, -mw-, -mu- | naye, na yeye | ndiye | siye | -ake | |
| plural | first | sisi | tu- | hatu- | -tu- | nasi, na sisi | ndisi, ndio | sio | -etu |
| second | ninyi | m-, mw-, mu- | ham-, hamw-, hamu- | -wa- | nanyi, na ninyi | ndinyi, ndio | sinyi, sio | -enu | |
| third | wao | wa- | hawa- | -wa- | nao | ndio | sio | -ao | |
| reflexive | — | — | -ji- | — | — | ||||
| For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns. | |||||||||
Wayana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Kari'na wewe, Trió wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.
Noun
wewe
References
- Eliane Camargo, Tapinkili, et al. (2010) Hakëne omijau eitop wajana-palasisi: Dictionnaire bilingue wayana-français
Yao (South America)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Apalaí wewe.
Noun
wewe
Further reading
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642–643