xew

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *hwápnas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (sleep), from *swep- (to sleep). Cognate with English sweven (dream, vision).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

xew f

  1. (uncountable) sleep

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Wolof[edit]

Verb[edit]

xew

  1. to happen

Noun[edit]

xew (definite form xew mi)

  1. occasion, ceremony

References[edit]

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 259