wi

English Online Dictionary. What means wi‎? What does wi mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Etymology 1

Variant of we.

Pronoun

wi (personal pronoun)

1. (Geordie) us

Etymology 2

Variant of with.

Preposition

wi

1. (Yorkshire) with

Anagrams

• I.W.

Abinomn

Noun

wi

1. water
2. rain

Agutaynen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiiʔ/

Noun

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)

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wi]

Noun

wi

1. man

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. 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.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. 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.

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.

Noun

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

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

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”)

Chaap Wuurong

Noun

wi

1. fire

References

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

Egyptian

Romanization

wi

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wj.

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *wī; cognate with Samoan wī, Tongan vī and Hawaiian wī.

Noun

wi

1. ambarella, Spondias dulcis.

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “wii”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “wi”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 323

Folopa

Noun

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

Fyam

Noun

wi

1. sun

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Adverb

wi

1. yes

Antonyms

• non

Iban

Etymology

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

Noun

wi

1. rattan

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː/
• Hyphenation: wi

Pronoun

wi

1. we

   Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.
2. our
3. us

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

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

Kom (Cameroon)

Noun

wi (plural ghɨki)

1. woman, female
2. wife

References

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

Kumak

Noun

wi

1. water

References

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Adverb

wi

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

Antonyms

• non

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wī

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiː/

Pronoun

wi

1. we

Inflection

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

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

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.

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

wi (Föhr-Amrum)

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Alternative forms

• 'f (reduced form)
• we (Mooring)
• wü (Sylt)

See also

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wi
  • Dutch: wij

Further reading

• “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Inflection

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Pronoun

wī

1. we

Declension

Descendants

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

    Plautdietsch: wie

Ottawa

Pronoun

wi inan sg (plural niwi)

1. that

References

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

Pnar

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

Scots

Preposition

wi

1. with

Alternative forms

• wi'

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French oui.

Interjection

wi

1. yes

Shuar

Pronoun

wi

1. I, first person singular

References

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Pronoun

wi

1. we, us

Determiner

wi

1. our

Tocharian B

Etymology

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

Numeral

wi m or f

1. two

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

wi

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Noun

wi

1. tooth

References

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

Yola

Preposition

wi

1. Alternative form of wee (“with”)

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

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wí/

Noun

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

Alternative forms

• gwí

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wí/

Verb

wí

1. to say

   Synonyms: ní, sọ, fọ̀

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