gwe
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gwe"
Translingual
Symbol
gwe
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Gweno terms
Japanese
Romanization
gwe
Ma'di
Etymology
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): [ɡʷē]
- Hyphenation: gwe
Verb
gwẹ
- (intransitive) to burn down
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -gwẹ- (intransitive) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | indefinite | |||||||
| I | II | III | I | II | III | ||||
| past indicative | long | má gwẹ | nyí gwẹ | gwẹ | ãmã gwẹ | ãnyĩ gwẹ | gwẹ kí | ọ́gwẹ | |
| short | ágwẹ | ị́gwẹ | ọgwẹ | ãgwẹ | ị̃gwẹ | ọgwẹ kí | |||
| nonpast indicative | L. | má gwẹ1) | nyí gwẹ1) | kọ́gwẹ1) | ãmá gwẹ1) | ãnyí gwẹ1) | kọ́gwẹ1) kí | á'di gwẹ1) | |
| B. | má gwẹ́ | nyí gwẹ́ | kụ́gwẹ́ | ãmã gwẹ́ | ãnyĩ gwẹ́ | kụ́gwẹ́ kí | ágwẹ́ | ||
| imperative | L. | mã gwẹ | nyĩ gwẹ | kọ̃gwẹ | ãmã gwẹ | ãnyĩ gwẹ | kọ̃gwẹ kí | ọ́gwẹ1) | |
| B. | ãmá gwẹ | ãnyí gwẹ | kụ̃gwẹ | kụ̃gwẹ kí | ạ́gwẹ1) | ||||
| simple subordinate |
objective subordinate |
subjective subordinate I | subjective subordinate II | indirect subordinate | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||||
| gwẹka | gwẹlẹ́ | gwẹrẹ | gwẹ'bá | gwẹ'dị | gwẹka | gwẹjọ́ | |||
| 1) The root is preceded by a low floating tone, which is realised on the final vowel of the preceding syllable, or as a contour tone on the first vowel of the root. | |||||||||
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): [ɡʷé]
- Hyphenation: gwe
Verb
gwẹ́
- ('Burulo) first/second-person non-past indicative of gwẹ
References
- Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 294
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Contraction of gowe, from English go away.
Verb
gwe
- to go away, to leave
- 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
- Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
- [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
- Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’
- c. 1970, Michaël Slory, “Dungru worku broko a faja gi mi: wan fresko mamanten”, in Fri-kontren-sma[2], page 9:
- Mi o gwe go suku wan tra sortu libi now.
- I'll go away now, to look for a different kind of life.
- to disappear
- Mi bagasi gwe. ― My luggage is gone.
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh gwe, from Proto-Celtic *wegyā. Cognate with Breton gwiad, and Cornish gwi, gwias.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡweː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Noun
gwe f (plural gweoedd)
Derived terms
- anwe (“woof, weft”)
- chwilerwe (“cocoon”)
- gwe-rwydo (“phishing”)
- gwe-ymlusgwr (“web crawler”)
- gwefan (“website”)
- gwehydd (“weaver”)
- gweog (“webbed”)
- gweol (“textile, woven”)
- gweu (“to spin a web; to knit”)
- gwewyfyn (“webworm”)
- llugwe (“filmy fern”)
- meinwe (“(body or plant) tissue”)
- teneuwe (“gauze, film”)
- ymylwe (“selvage”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gwe | we | ngwe | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “web”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwe”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwe”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies