uwe

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See also: Uwe and uwē

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈyu̯ə/
  • Audio:(file)

Determiner

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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

Declension

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Esmeralda

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Noun

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uwe

  1. Alternative form of uvve

References

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

Middle Dutch

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Determiner

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uwe

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

Swahili

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Verb

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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

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Noun

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uwe

  1. water

References

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

Tukang Besi South

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Noun

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uwe

  1. water

References

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

Wolio

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Noun

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uwe

  1. water

References

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

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ùwé

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

Etymology 2

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Uwe ẹdùwẹ rèé, pẹ̀lú àlùbọ́sà gígé

Cognates with Yoruba iwe, Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ighe

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uwe

  1. (Ijebu, Ekiti) (zootomy) gizzard

Zazaki

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Etymology

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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

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uwe

  1. water

Synonyms

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  • aw (Dimli)

References

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