wil

wil

1. Obsolete spelling of will.

From Dutch willen, from Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /vəl/

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wil (present wil, past wou, past participle gewil)

1. to want

This is an auxiliary verb and may be translated thus in English, as "would like to". There is also a nonstandard past participle sometimes used in colloquial speech, gewou.

• gewild (“popular”)

wil (uncountable)

1. will

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪl/

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• Hyphenation: wil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

From Middle Dutch wille, from Old Dutch willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.

wil m (uncountable, diminutive willetje n)

1. will

   Antonym: onwil

• Afrikaans: wil
• Negerhollands: wil, wille

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wil

1. inflection of willen:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From Proto-Oceanic *ule (“penis”), from Proto-Austronesian *ule (“penis”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈwil/

wil

1. penis

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *ule

From Proto-Germanic *wīlą (“craft, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Old Norse vél.

wil n

1. wile, trick or device

• Middle English: wile
  • English: wile

From Dutch wiel.

wil

1. wheel

From English wheel.

wil

1. wheel

• IPA^(key):

wil

1. head