awi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "awi"

Translingual

Symbol

awi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aekyom.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aekyom terms

Adnyamathanha

Noun

awi

1. water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

Jamamadí

Noun

awi

1. (Banawá) tapir

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Karamojong

Noun

awi

1. kraal

References

• P. Logiro and J. Ilukori. 2007. A Simplified Ngakarimojong-English – English-Ngakarimojong Dictionary. Kampala: Fountain Publishers.

Middle English

Adverb

awi

1. alternative form of awey

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy (“fire”).

Noun

awi

1. fire

   Tutu te awi kē mumula nā kainga.

   Light the fire to burn up the rubbish.

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Senhaja de Srair

Root
w-y
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awi/

Verb

awi (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵉ)

1. (transitive) to take
2. (transitive) to bring [with d]

Related terms

• (passive) ttyawi (“to be taken”)

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Sundanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwi/

• Audio:

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Noun

awi (Sundanese script ᮙᮧᮊᮣ)

1. bamboo

   Synonym: haur

Further reading

• "awi" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Verb

awi (verbal noun away, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵉ)

1. (transitive) to take
2. (transitive) to marry
3. (intransitive) to attack [with di]
4. (transitive) to take an interest in, to rely on [with di]
5. (transitive) to bring [with d]
6. (transitive) to earn, to gain, to obtain [with d]
7. (transitive) to buy, to purchase [with d]
8. (transitive) to resemble [with d]
9. (transitive) to seem, to appear [with d]

Usage notes

Using the clitic d (“hither”) changes the meaning of the verb. It directs the action towards the place where the speaker is at that moment.

Conjugation

Conjugation of awi

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle yawyen yiwyen yiwyen itawyen itiwyen singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m awyeɣ tawyed yawi nawi tawyem awyen f tawi tawyent awyent perfective m iwyeɣ tiwyed yiwi niwi tiwyem iwyen f tiwi tiwyent iwyent negative perfective m iwyeɣ tiwyed yiwi niwi tiwyem iwyen f tiwi tiwyent iwyent imperfective m tawyeɣ ttawyed itawi ntawi ttawyem tawyen f ttawi ttawyent tawyent negative imperfective m tiwyeɣ ttiwyed itiwi ntiwi ttiwyem tiwyen f ttiwi ttiwyent tiwyent aorist imperative m awi awyem, awyet f awyent imperfective imperative m tawi tawyem, tawyet f tawyent

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Sanskrit अवि (avi).

Noun

awi (oblique plural)

1. ewes

Yámana

Noun

awi

1. stone

Synonyms

• aiya

Yola

Adverb

awi

1. alternative form of awye
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:

     An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,

     And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 3:

     Thaay paaced awi up to tha Cross o Shad

     They paced away up to the Cross of the Shad,

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 16:

     An pranced awi to jigges an to reels.

     And pranced away to jigs and reels.

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[3], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129