wi

See also: Wi, WI, wi-, wi', w/i, .wi, wī, and Wī

Englisch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Etymology 1

Variant of we.

Pronoun

wi (personal pronoun)

1. (Geordie) us

   Are yee commin with wi or not?

Etymology 2

Variant of with.

Preposition

wi

1. (Yorkshire) with

   Are tha doin' owt wi this?

Anagrams

• I.W.

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Abinomn

Nomen

wi

1. water
2. rain

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Agutaynen

Etymology

From Proto-Kalamian *waʔi, *waʔikʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiiʔ/

Nomen

wi

1. water

Further reading

• Ronald S. Himes, The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages, in the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines, (2006, Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International), page 7
• Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw ,An Agutaynen-Filipino-English Phrasebook (2006, SIL Philippines)

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Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wi]

Nomen

wi

1. man

References

• Template:cite. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Template:cite. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Wii, Wi, Wy
• wii, wéin (Italian Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Nomen

wi m

1. (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Caac

Verb

wi

1. to bite

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

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Cameroon Pidgin

Pronoun

wi

1. Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun”)

Determiner

wi

1. Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural possessive determiner”)

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Chaap Wuurong

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Nomen

wi

1. fire

References

• 1993, among the La Trobe working papers in linguistics, volumes 6-8, page 8:

  The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:

  [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung

  […]

  fire wanyap wi

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Egyptian

Romanization

wi

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wj.

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Folopa

Nomen

wị

1. (Suri) water

Synonyms

• wẹị (Boro, Tebera)
• ipi (Sopese)

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

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Fyam

Nomen

wi

1. sun

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Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hui, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quay, from Proto-Austronesian *quay (“rattan”). Cognate with Old Javanese hwi, Tagalog uway.

Nomen

wi

1. rattan

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː/
• Hyphenation: wi

Pronoun

wi

1. we
   • 2011, Richard Bingy Brown, Living the Dream (in English), →ISBN, page 58:

     “If de herbs wi get is good, dem will want lots more by next week […] ”

   Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.

2. our
   • 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice, page 11:

     “All di nice time was fi dem,
     Dem tek wi black sista and use dem,
     Dem starve we di men,
     Wanting us not to be friend.
     Thinking we ago rebel against dem […] ”

     Only they enjoyed themselves,
     They took away our black sisters and used them,
     They starved us -- the men,
     They didn't want us to be friends.
     They thought we would rebel against them […]

   Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.

   Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.

3. us
   • 2010, Dave Collymore, 平和と愛の詩的表現: Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love (in English), →ISBN, page 128:

     “(Weh mi seh) young people mek wi arise
     Mek wi trus God, pon him wi depen […] ”

     (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
     Let us trust God who we depend on […]

   Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.

   They see us getting ahead and they're angry.

Related terms

• mi
• yuh
• im
• har
• shi
• unnu
• dem

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 594
• wi – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

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Japanese

Romanization

wi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヰ
3. Rōmaji transcription of うぃ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ウィ

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Kom (Cameroon)

Nomen

wi (plural ghɨki)

1. woman, female
2. wife

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

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Kumak

Nomen

wi

1. water

References

• I. Bril, Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak (2000)

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Adverb

wi

1. yes; a word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

Antonyms

• non

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiː/

Pronoun

wi

1. we

Inflection

Middle Dutch personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	gi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

• Dutch: wij

Further reading

• “wi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• wy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiː/
• (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • IPA^(key): /wiə/, /wiɛ/

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.

Pronoun

wî

1. (personal, first person singular nominative) we

Declension

Middle Low German personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
1st person singular		ik (ek)	mî (mê, mik, mek)		mîn (mîner)
2nd person singular		dû	dî (dê, dik, dek)		dîn (dîner)
3rd person singular
	m	hê (hî, hie)	ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn)	ēme, em (ȫme, en)	sîn (sîner)
	n	it (et)
	f	sê (sî, sie, sü̂)		ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
1st person plural		wî (wê, wie)	uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)		unser (ûser)
2nd person plural		gî (jê, î)	jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik)		jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person plural		sê (sî, sie)		em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen)	ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

Descendants

• Dutch Low Saxon: wi
• German Low German: wi, wî

  Plautdietsch: wie

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronoun

wî

1. (interrogative) Alternative form of wê.

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North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wī, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

wi

1. we

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Inflection

Old Dutch personal pronouns

1st person	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ik, ic, ih	wī, wīr
Accusative	mī, mik, *mic	uns, unsig
Genitive	mīn	unsa, *unser
Dative	mī	uns, unsig
2nd person	Singular	Plural
Nominative	thu, tu	gī, ir
Accusative	thī, thik, *thic	iu,
Genitive	thīn	iuwa, *iuwer
Dative	thī	iu

3rd person	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hē, hie	sia	it
Accusative	imo	sia	it
Genitive	sīn, is	iro	is
Dative	imo	iro	imo
		Plural
Nominative		sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Accusative		sia, sie (masc. plur.)
Genitive		iro
Dative		im

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wi
  • Dutch: wij

Further reading

• “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Inflection

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
nominative	ik	thū	hī	hiū, hiō	hit	wī	jī	hiā
accusative	mī	thī	hine	hiā	hit	ūs	jū, jō	hiā
dative	mī	thī	him	hire, hiāre	him	ūs	jū, jō	him, hirem, hiārem
genitive	mīn	thīn	sīn	hire, hiāre	sīn	ūser	jūwer	hira, hiāra

Descendants

• North Frisian: wi, wü
• Saterland Frisian: wie
• West Frisian: wy

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wî, wy
  • Dutch Low Saxon: wi
  • German Low German: wi, wî

    Plautdietsch: wie

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Ottawa

Pronoun

wi inan sg (plural niwi)

1. that

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 123

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Pnar

Pnar cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : wi     Ordinal : nyngkong

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Numeral

wi

1. (cardinal number) one

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Scots

Preposition

wi

1. with

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Shuar

Pronoun

wi

1. I, first person singular

References

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Pronoun

wi

1. we, us

Determiner

wi

1. our

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Tocharian B

cardinal numbers

Previous:	ṣe
Next:	trai

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian A wu.

Numeral

wi m or f

1. two

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

wi

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Nomen

wi

1. tooth

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Nomen

1. willow; Salix

Usage notes

Several species of the same kind are conflated under this name.

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Yola

Preposition

wi

1. Alternative form of wee (“with”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     A war cowdealeen wi ooree.

     They were scolding with one another.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32

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Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wí/

Nomen

wí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wí/

Verb

wí

1. to say

See also

• ní
• sọ

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wī/

Verb

wi

1. (transitive) to throb

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wì/

Verb

wì

1. to singe; to scorch

   Synonyms: sun, yan

   Òòrẹ̀ ní ń ṣẹ́gi tí a ó fi wì í ― The porcupine gathers the wood with which we will singe it