wi
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪ
Etymology 1
Variant of we.
Pronoun
wi (personal pronoun)
Etymology 2
Variant of with.
Preposition
wi
Anagrams
Abinomn
Noun
wi
Agutaynen
Etymology
From Proto-Kalamian *waʔi, *waʔikʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Pronunciation
Noun
wi
Further reading
- Ronald S. Himes, The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages, in the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines, (2006, Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International), page 7
- Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw ,An Agutaynen-Filipino-English Phrasebook (2006, SIL Philippines)
Ajië
Pronunciation
Noun
wi
References
- Template:cite. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Template:cite. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.
Noun
wi m
- (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Caac
Verb
wi
- to bite
References
- Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations
Cameroon Pidgin
Pronoun
wi
- Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun”)
Determiner
wi
- Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural possessive determiner”)
Chaap Wuurong
Noun
wi
References
- 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:
- The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
- [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
- […]
- fire wanyap wi
Egyptian
Romanization
wi
Folopa
Noun
wị
- (Suri) water
Synonyms
References
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
Fyam
Noun
wi
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (“rattan”). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.
Noun
wi
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wi
- we
- 2011, Richard Bingy Brown, Living the Dream (in English), →ISBN, page 58:
- “If de herbs wi get is good, dem will want lots more by next week […] ”
- Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.
- our
- 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice, page 11:
- “All di nice time was fi dem,
Dem tek wi black sista and use dem,
Dem starve we di men,
Wanting us not to be friend.
Thinking we ago rebel against dem […] ”- Only they enjoyed themselves,
They took away our black sisters and used them,
They starved us -- the men,
They didn't want us to be friends.
They thought we would rebel against them […]
- Only they enjoyed themselves,
- Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.
- Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.
- us
- 2010, Dave Collymore, 平和と愛の詩的表現: Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love (in English), →ISBN, page 128:
- “(Weh mi seh) young people mek wi arise
Mek wi trus God, pon him wi depen […] ”- (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
Let us trust God who we depend on […]
- (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
- Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.
- They see us getting ahead and they're angry.
Related terms
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 594
- wi – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Japanese
Romanization
wi
- Rōmaji transcription of ゐ
- Rōmaji transcription of ヰ
- Rōmaji transcription of うぃ
- Rōmaji transcription of ウィ
Kom (Cameroon)
Noun
wi (plural ghɨki)
References
- Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Kumak
Noun
wi
References
- I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
wi
Antonyms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wi
Inflection
Descendants
- Dutch: wij
Further reading
- “wi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiː/
- (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴
Etymology 1
From Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.
Pronoun
wî
- (personal, first person singular nominative) we
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Pronoun
wî
- (interrogative) Alternative form of wê.
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
wi
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
wī
Inflection
1st person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ik, ic, ih | wī, wīr |
Accusative | mī, mik, *mic | uns, unsig |
Genitive | mīn | unsa, *unser |
Dative | mī | uns, unsig |
2nd person | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | thu, tu | gī, ir |
Accusative | thī, thik, *thic | iu, |
Genitive | thīn | iuwa, *iuwer |
Dative | thī | iu |
3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | hē, hie | sia | it |
Accusative | imo | sia | it |
Genitive | sīn, is | iro | is |
Dative | imo | iro | imo |
Plural | |||
Nominative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Accusative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Genitive | iro | ||
Dative | im |
Descendants
Further reading
- “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
wī
Inflection
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronoun
wī
Declension
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Descendants
Ottawa
Pronoun
wi inan sg (plural niwi)
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123
Pnar
< 0 | 1 | 2 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : wi Ordinal : nyngkong | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.
Pronunciation
Numeral
wi
Scots
Preposition
wi
Shuar
Pronoun
wi
References
- Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
wi
Determiner
wi
Tocharian B
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Next: | trai |
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.
Numeral
wi m or f
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
wi
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Westrobothnian
Etymology
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Noun
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Usage notes
Several species of the same kind are conflated under this name.
Derived terms
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West Makian
Pronunciation
Noun
wi
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
Yola
Preposition
wi
- Alternative form of wee (“with”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- A war cowdealeen wi ooree.
- They were scolding with one another.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
wí
- The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
wí
- to say
See also
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
wi
- (transitive) to throb
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