awi

awi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aekyom.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aekyom terms

awi

1. water

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004), →ISBN

awi

1. (Banawá) tapir

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

awi

1. kraal

• P. Logiro and J. Ilukori. 2007. A Simplified Ngakarimojong-English – English-Ngakarimojong Dictionary. Kampala: Fountain Publishers.

awi

1. alternative form of awey

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy (“fire”).

awi

1. fire

   Tutu te awi kē mumula nā kainga.

   Light the fire to burn up the rubbish.

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

• IPA^(key): /awi/

awi (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵉ)

1. (transitive) to take
2. (transitive) to bring [with d]

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

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• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwi/

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awi (Sundanese script ᮙᮧᮊᮣ)

1. bamboo

   Synonym: haur

• "awi" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

• awey

Inherited from Proto-Berber *awəy. Cognate with Tamahaq awi.

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɛwɪ]

awi (verbal noun away, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⵉ)

1. (transitive) to take

   Yiwy-it akis ɣar fransa. ― He took him with him to France.

   Tesmeḍ, ad awyeɣ dduri inu. ― It's cold, so I'm taking my blanket.

2. (transitive) to marry

   Necc, qa a cemm-awyeɣ. ― As for me, I shall marry you.

3. (transitive) to seize, to confiscate, to usurp

   Yewy-as agra. ― He confiscated his property.

1. (transitive) to bring [with d]

   Awi-d yemma-c akidec. ― Bring your mother with you.

2. (transitive) to bring in, to earn [with d]

   Itawi-d ttmenyat kuř char. ― He earns money every month.

3. (transitive) to buy, to purchase [with d]

   A d-tawid aɣrum? ― Will you buy some bread?

4. (intransitive) to be interested [with di]

   Itawy-it di ccɣeř nnes. ― He is interested in his work.

5. (intransitive) to resemble [with d and di]

   Taḥarmuct nnec tawi-d di tenni inu. ― Your daughter resembles mine.

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Sanskrit अवि (avi).

awi (oblique plural)

1. ewes

awi

1. stone

• aiya

awi

1. alternative form of awye
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:

     An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,

     And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 3:

     Thaay paaced awi up to tha Cross o Shad

     They paced away up to the Cross of the Shad,

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 16:

     An pranced awi to jigges an to reels.

     And pranced away to jigs and reels.

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[3], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129