mwe

See also: MWE

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwɛ/

Adjective

mwe

1. one

   mũndũ ũmwe ― a person

   ũndũ ũmwe na ― the same thing as

2. (with plural) some

   andũ amwe ― some of the people

Inflection

agreement of mwe

	Singular	Plural
Class 1, Class 2	ũmwe	amwe
Class 3, Class 4	ũmwe	ĩmwe
Class 5, Class 6	rĩmwe	mamwe
Class 7, Class 8	kĩmwe	imwe
Class 9, Class 10	ĩmwe	imwe
Class 11, Class 10	rũmwe	imwe
Class 12, Class 13	kamwe	tũmwe
Class 14, Class 6	ũmwe	mamwe
Class 15, Class 6	kũmwe	mamwe
Class 16	hamwe	-

Derived terms

• hamwe (“together”)

(Proverbs)

• andũ matarĩ ndundu mahũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe
• gĩathĩ gĩtharagio nĩ gaka kamwe
• kaara kamwe gatiũragaga ndaa
• kĩara kĩmwe gĩtiũragaga ndaa
• mũtumia na kĩonje nĩ ũndũ ũmwe
• mwagi maguta oigaga atĩ hunyũ nĩ ũmwe na arũme
• rũtungu rũmwe rũtiraragia mwaki
• ũũgĩ wa mũndũ ũmwe ndũrĩmaga

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman mue.

Noun

mwe

1. Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)

Etymology 2

From Old French muer.

Verb

mwe

1. Alternative form of mewen (“to moult”)

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Rwanda-Rundi

Rwanda-Rundi cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mwe     Ordinal : a mbere

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-mwé

1. one

Derived terms

• ubumwe (“unity”)
• kumwe (“together”)
• hamwe (“together”)
• kimwe (“the same”)

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Shona

Shona cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : mwe     Ordinal : chiposhi     Adverbial : kamwe

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-mwé

1. one
2. (placed before a noun) other, another

Derived terms

• kamwe (“at once”)
• pamwe (“together”)
• zvimwe (“perhaps”)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -´mwé

singular			plural
Class 1		múmwe, úmwe	Class 2		vámwé
Class 3		múmwé	Class 4		mímwé
Class 5		rímwé	Class 6		mámwé
Class 7		chímwé	Class 8		zvímwé
Class 9		ímwé	Class 10		dzímwé
Class 11		rúmwé
Class 12		kámwe	Class 13		túmwé
Class 14		úmwé
Class 15		kúmwé
Locative classes
Class 16	pámwé	Class 17	kúmwé	Class 18	múmwé

Note: the class 1 form úmwé is normally used in the Manyika dialects.

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Swahili

Verb

mwe

1. second-person plural subjunctive affirmative of -wa