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kewe

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Central Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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kewe

  1. blue

Chuukese

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Determiner

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kewe

  1. (possessive subject marker) plural of we; the (plural)

Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Middle English scou.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kewe

  1. shove, thrust[1]
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, numbers 11[2]:
      Up caame ee ball, an a dap or a kewe
      Up came the ball, and a tap or a shove

References

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  1. ^ Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎[1], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 31
  2. ^ 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 88

Zazaki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapáwtas (“grey-blue”). Compare Persian کبود (kabud, “blue, blue-gray”).

Adjective

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kewe

  1. blue
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