gwi

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Gwich'in.

Symbol

gwi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Gwich'in.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gwich'in terms

Achang

Etymology

Forms a transitive/intransitive doublet with khwih (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /ɡwi˧/
• (Longchuan) [kui³¹]

Verb

gwi

1. to be broken

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 38

Cornish

Gwi

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gweɣ, from Proto-Celtic *wegyā. Cognate with Welsh gwe.

Noun

gwi m (plural gwiow)

1. web

   Synonym: gwias

Derived terms

• gwi bysefan (“World Wide Web”)
• gwia (“weave, knit”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of gwi

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
gwi	wi	unchanged	kwi	hwi, wi*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Japanese

Romanization

gwi

1. The katakana syllable グィ (gwi) in Hepburn romanization.