uwe

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

Declension

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	u, zich7	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	u, zich7	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, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").				7) Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.'

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

• IPA^(key): /ù.wé/

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

• IPA^(key): /ū.wē/

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)