wip

See also: WIP

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪp/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

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)

1. hopping

Noun

wip c (plural wippen, diminutive wipje n)

1. seesaw

   Synonyms: wipwap, (Brabantian, Booms) wippetater

2. lever on a drawbridge
3. (informal) a short period, a jiffy

   Synonyms: handomdraai, ommezien

4. (informal) sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: seks, geslachtsgemeenschap

Derived terms

• wipwap (“seesaw”)

Related terms

• wipkip (“spring rider”)

Etymology 2

Verb

wip

1. inflection of wippen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English whip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wip/

Noun

wip (plural wip dem, quantified wip)

1. 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

1. to whip (to hit with a whip)

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German wīp, wīb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwiːp/

Noun

wīp n

1. 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)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	wīp	diu	wīp
genitive	eines	dës	wībes	dër	wībe
dative	eime	dëm	wībe	dën	wīben
accusative	ein	daȥ	wīp	diu	wīp

Descendants

• German: Weib

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

1. whip