wi

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See also: Wi, WI, wi-, wi', w/i, .wi, , and

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Variant of we.

Pronoun

wi (personal pronoun)

  1. (Geordie) us
    Are yee commin with wi or not?

Etymology 2

Variant of with.

Preposition

wi

  1. (Yorkshire) with
    Are-ta doin owt wi this?

Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

wi

  1. water
  2. rain

Agutaynen

Etymology

From Proto-Kalamian *waʔi, *waʔikʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

wi

  1. water

Further reading

Ajië

Pronunciation

Noun

wi

  1. man

References

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

wi m

  1. (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine

References

Caac

Verb

wi

  1. to bite

References

  • Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

Cameroon Pidgin

Pronoun

wi

  1. Alternative spelling of we (1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun)

Determiner

wi

  1. Alternative spelling of we (1st person plural possessive determiner)

Chaap Wuurong

Noun

wi

  1. fire

References

  • 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:
    The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
    [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
    []
    fire wanyap wi
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Egyptian

Romanization

wi

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wj.

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *wī; cognate with Samoan , Tongan and Hawaiian .

Noun

wi

  1. ambarella, Spondias dulcis.

References

  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “wii”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “wi”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 323

Folopa

Noun

wị

  1. (Suri) water

Synonyms

References

Fyam

Noun

wi

  1. sun

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Pronunciation

Adverb

wi

  1. yes

Antonyms

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hui, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (rattan). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.

Noun

wi

  1. rattan

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː/
  • Hyphenation: wi

Pronoun

wi

  1. we
    Wi cyaan tek it nuh more!We can't take it any more.
    • 2011, Richard Bingy Brown, Living the Dream (in English), →ISBN, page 58:
      “If de herbs wi get is good, dem will want lots more by next week []
  2. our
    Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.
    Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.
    • 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice (in Jamaican Creole), page 11:
      “All di nice time was fi dem,
      Dem tek wi black sista and use dem,
      Dem starve we di men,
      Wanting us not to be friend.
      Thinking we ago rebel against dem []
      Only they enjoyed themselves,
      They took away our black sisters and used them,
      They starved us -- the men,
      They didn't want us to be friends.
      They thought we would rebel against them
  3. us
    Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.
    They see us getting ahead and they're angry.
    • 2010, Dave Collymore, 平和と愛の詩的表現: Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love (in English), →ISBN, page 128:
      “(Weh mi seh) young people mek wi arise
      Mek wi trus God, pon him wi depen []
      (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
      Let us trust God who we depend on

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

wi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of
  2. Rōmaji transcription of
  3. Rōmaji transcription of うぃ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ウィ

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

wi (plural ghɨki)

  1. woman, female
  2. wife

References

  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Kumak

Noun

wi

  1. water

References

  • I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Pronunciation

Adverb

wi

  1. yes; a word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

Antonyms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch

Pronunciation

Pronoun

wi

  1. we

Inflection

Descendants

  • Dutch: wij

Further reading

  • wi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiː/
  • (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon , from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.

Pronoun

  1. (personal, first person singular nominative) we
Declension
Descendants
  • Dutch Low Saxon: wi
  • German Low German: wi,
    Plautdietsch: wie

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronoun

  1. (interrogative) Alternative form of .

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

wi (Föhr-Amrum)

  1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Alternative forms

See also

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

  1. we

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: wi

Further reading

  • wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

  1. we

Inflection

Descendants

  • North Frisian: wi,
  • Saterland Frisian: wie
  • West Frisian: wy

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

  1. we

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: , wy
    • Dutch Low Saxon: wi
    • German Low German: wi,
      Plautdietsch: wie

Ottawa

Pronoun

wi inan sg (plural niwi)

  1. that

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123

Pnar

Pnar cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : wi
    Ordinal : nyngkong

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.

Pronunciation

Numeral

wi

  1. (cardinal number) one

Scots

Preposition

wi

  1. with

Alternative forms

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Interjection

wi

  1. yes

Shuar

Pronoun

wi

  1. I, first person singular

References

  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

wi

  1. we, us

Determiner

wi

  1. our

Tocharian B

cardinal numbers
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Next: trai

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian , from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.

Numeral

wi m or f

  1. two

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

wi

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West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

wi

  1. tooth

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Yola

Preposition

wi

  1. Alternative form of wee (with)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 32:
      A war cowdealeen wi ooree.
      They were scolding with one another.
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
      wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
      to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:
      Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
      In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:
      Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,
      In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 9-10:
      Wi Irishmen owre generale hopes be ee-bond——
      With Irishmen our common hopes are inseparably bound up——
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:
      shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,
      free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,

References

  • 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 32

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /wí/

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /wí/

Verb

  1. to say
    Synonyms: , sọ, fọ̀

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /wī/

Verb

wi

  1. (transitive) to throb

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to singe; to scorch
    Synonyms: sun, yan
    Òòrẹ̀ ní ń ṣẹ́gi tí a ó fi íThe porcupine gathers the wood with which we will singe it