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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wippe, wip, originally a verbal noun of wippen. Compare Old High German wipf (“a rapid movement”).
Noun
wip m (uncountable)
- hopping
Noun
wip c (plural wippen, diminutive wipje n)
- seesaw
- Synonyms: wipwap, (Brabantian, Booms) wippetater
- lever on a drawbridge
- (informal) a short period, a jiffy
- Synonyms: handomdraai, ommezien
- (informal) sexual intercourse
- Synonyms: seks, geslachtsgemeenschap
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
wip
- inflection of wippen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English whip.
Pronunciation
Noun
wip (plural wip dem, quantified wip)
- whip
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 2:15:So im get som ruop an tek dem mek wan wip. Den im yuuz di wip an ron out di uol a di sela dem outa di yaad: dem an dem kou an dem shiip an dem dov. Im lik uova di piipl dem we a chienj out moni kain dem, an im ton uova aal a dem tiebl dem.- And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Verb
wip
- to whip (to hit with a whip)
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wīp, wīb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwiːp/
Noun
wīp n
- woman
- c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 1:
si wart ein schœne wîp. / dar umbe muosen degene vil verliesen den lîp.- She became a beautiful woman. For her many knights would lose their lives.
Declension
Declension of wīp (feminine, class 1 strong)
Descendants
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wîp”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English whip.
Noun
wip
- whip