wewe

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Yao (South America) wewe.

Noun

wewe

  1. tree

Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon wèwé, Saxwe Gbe wě

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wé.wé/

Adjective

wéwé

  1. white

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Trió wewe, Wayana wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.

Pronunciation
  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [βeːβe]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [ʋeːʋe]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [weːwe]

Noun

wewe (possessed wewery, wery)

  1. tree
  2. wood
  3. stick, rod

References
  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 427
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “wewe”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 519; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 508

Ojibwe

Noun

wewe

  1. wild goose

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German weben, Dutch weven, English weave.

Verb

wewe

  1. to weave

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Pronoun

wewe

  1. you (second-person singular pronoun)

See also
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number Person Independent Subject concord Object concord Combined forms Possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
SingularFirst mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
Second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
Third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
PluralFirst sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
Second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
Third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
Reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Wayana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe; compare Apalaí wewe, Kari'na wewe, Trió wewe, Waiwai wewe, Yao (South America) wewe, veüe.

Noun

wewe

  1. tree
  2. wood
  3. stick

References

Yao (South America)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *wewe. Cognate to Kari'na wewe, Apalaí wewe.

Noun

wewe

  1. tree

Further reading
  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642–643
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