uwe

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See also: Uwe and uwē

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈyu̯ə/
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Determiner

uwe

  1. non-attributive form of uw (English: yours)
    Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
    Die auto is de uwe. — That car is your one. That car is yours.
    Dat huis is het uwe. — That house is your one. That house is yours.
    Dat is de/het uwe. — That is your one. That is yours.
  2. (archaic) inflected form of uw

Inflection

Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Esmeralda

Noun

uwe

  1. Alternative form of uvve

References

  • Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"

Middle Dutch

Determiner

uwe

  1. inflection of u:
    1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Swahili

Verb

uwe

  1. inflection of -wa:
    1. second-person singular subjunctive affirmative
    2. m-mi class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative
    3. u class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

Tukang Besi North

Noun

uwe

  1. water

References

  • Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, →ISBN

Tukang Besi South

Noun

uwe

  1. water

References

  • Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, →ISBN

Wolio

Noun

uwe

  1. water

References

  • Johannes Cornelis Anceaux, The Wolio Language: Outline of Grammatical Description and Texts
  • Morfologi kata kerja bahasa Wolio (1986)

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yoruba ìwé. Possibly from ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wé (“to bind, to wrap”), literally “That which can be bound”. Compare with ewé and fi wé

Pronunciation

Noun

ùwé

  1. (Ekiti, Ijebu, Ondo, Idanre) book, paper
    Synonyms: bébà, tákàdá

Etymology 2

Uwe ẹdùwẹ rèé, pẹ̀lú àlùbọ́sà gígé

Cognates with Yoruba iwe, Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ighe

Pronunciation

Noun

uwe

  1. (Ijebu, Ekiti) (zootomy) gizzard

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (“water”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water, body of water”). Compare Persian آب (âb), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap), etc.

Noun

uwe

  1. water

Synonyms

  • aw (Dimli)

References

  • Ludwig Paul, Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie (1998)
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