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Etymology 1

FromMiddle Englishwe,fromOld Englishwē(“we”),fromProto-West Germanic*wiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*wīz,*wiz(“we”),fromProto-Indo-European*wéy(“we (plural)”).Cognate withScotswee,we(“we”),North Frisianwe(“we”),West Frisianwy(“we”),Low Germanwi(“we”),Dutchwe,wij(“we”),Germanwir(“we”),Danish,SwedishandNorwegianvi(“we”),Icelandicvér,við(“we”),Avestan𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨(vaēm),Sanskritवयम्(vayám).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation,Canada)enPR:wē,IPA^(key):/wiː/

• Audio(UK):

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/wi/

• Audio(US):

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• Homophones:oui,wee,Wii(wine–whinemerger);whee
• Rhymes:-iː

Pronoun

we(first-person plural nominative case,objective caseus,possessive determinerour,possessive pronounours,reflexiveourselves,reflexive singularourself)

1. (personal)The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed).(This is theexclusivewe.)
   • 2017February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, inthe Guardian‎^[1]:

     It’s time to overcome queasiness and restraint.We,the liberal and progressive people of the world, are at war with the far right to save the earth.

2. (personal)The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed.(This is theinclusivewe.)
3. (personal)The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for.(This is theeditorialwe,used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
   • 2021,Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, “Paper No. CMAB C4/9/1”, inDocuments of the Hong Kong Legislative Council‎^[2],page 1:

     In light of the promulgation of the aforementioned laws and decisions,we(the administration) propose to make the following amendments to local legislation to implement the relevant requirements on oath taking by public officers.

4. (personal,royal)Thesovereignalone in their capacity asmonarch.(This is theroyalwe.The reflexive case of this sense ofweisourself.)
5. (personal)The plural form ofyou,including everyone being addressed.

   How areweall tonight?

   • 2013July-August,Stephen P. Lownie,David M. Pelz,“Stents to Prevent Stroke”,inAmerican Scientist:

     Asweage, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

6. (personal,often considered patronising)A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.

   How arewefeeling this morning?

   • 1836,“Boz” [pseudonym;Charles Dickens], “The Boarding-House”, inSketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People.[…],volume I, London: John Macrone,[…],→OCLC,chapter II,page204:

     “Well, my dear ma’am, and how arewe?”inquired Wosky in a soothing tone. / “Very ill, doctor—very ill,” said Mrs. Bloss in a whisper.

   • 2008May 13, Tom Armstrong,Marvin(comic):

     Areweready to go to bed, sweetie?

7. (colloquial)The speaker themselves,used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences and a group of listeners.(Compare theplural of modesty.)

   Hey guys, how's it going? Todayweare going to be playing a new game.

   • 2021January 6, 3:38:03 from the start, inRally on Electoral College Vote Certification‎^[3](television broadcast), spoken by Donald Trump, Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN):

     All Vice President [Mike] Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify andwebecome president and you are the happiest people.

   • 2021June 24, “Far from Home” (3:07 from the start), inAlone‎^[4],season 9, episode 4 (televison production), spoken by Theresa Emmerich Kamper, via HISTORY Channel:

     [Today is] not a day to think about fishing sowewill get back to working on the shelter. [cut in video] Cool, so I guess the best analogy for this, then, is thatwe've basically framed the house, and nowweget to shingle.

   • 2022October 25, 32:11 from the start, Vote 2022, in Joseph Camp, director,PBS NewsHour‎^[5](television production), spoken by John Fetterman, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived fromthe originalon2022-10-25:

     The elephant in the room, you know,wehad a stroke back in May.

8. (West Country,archaic)Us.
9. (bridge)The side which iskeeping score.

   Antonym:they

Derived terms

• are we there yet
• as we know it
• as we speak
• can we say
• even as we speak
• here we are
• here we go
• here we go again
• Houston, we have a problem
• imperial we
• lest we forget
• let's not and say we did
• shall we say
• the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
• the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know
• the poor we will always have with us
• the real treasure is the friends we made along the way
• there we go
• this is where we came in
• this is why we can't have nice things
• today we are all
• until we meet again
• we all bleed red
• we all make mistakes
• we aye
• we come in peace
• we-group
• we haven't got all day
• we live in a society
• we-uns
• we wuz kangz
• what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
• what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive
• where are we
• where are we going

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole:wi
• Sranan Tongo:wi

Translations

genericwe(the speaker and at least one other person, regardless of whether it's the person being addressed)

• Abinomn:awp
• Abkhaz:ҳара(ḥara)
• Abom:neː
• Afar:nanu
• Afrikaans:ons(af)
• Aghwan:𐔷𐔰𐕎(žan)
• Akan:yɛn
• Albanian:ne(sq)
• Alviri-Vidari:جیمه(jime)
• American Sign Language:1^o-f@IpsiChest-FingerBack RoundHoriz 1^o-f@ContraChest-FingerBack(also inclusive and exclusive forms (not listed), as well as numeral incorporation)
• Amharic:እኛ(ʾəña)
• Arabic:نَحْنُ(ar)pl(naḥnu)

  Egyptian Arabic:احنا(ʔíḥna)

  North Levantine Arabic:نحناpl(niḥna)

  South Levantine:إحناpl(ʔíḥna)

  Tunisian Arabic:أَحْنَاmplorfpl(ʔaḥnā)

• Aragonese:nusatrosmpl,nusatrasfpl
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew:אֲנַחְנָא(ʾănaḥnā),אֲנַן(ʾănan)

  Syriac:ܐ̄ܢܲܚܢܲܢ(naḥnan),ܚ̱ܢܲܢ(ḥənan)

• Armenian:մենք(hy)(menkʻ)

  Old Armenian:մեք(mekʻ)

• Aromanian:noi
• Assamese:আমি(ami)
• Asturian:nosotros(ast)mpl,nosotras(ast)fpl
• Avestan:𐬬𐬁du(vā),𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨pl(vaēm)
• Azerbaijani:biz(az)
• Bakhtiari:ایما(imâ)
• Bambara:an
• Bashkir:беҙ(beź)
• Basque:gu(eu)
• Bavarian:mia
• Beja:hinin
• Belarusian:мы(be)(my)
• Bengali:আমরা(bn)(amra)
• Breton:ni(br)
• Bulgarian:ни́е(bg)(níe)
• Burmese:ကျုပ်တို့(kyuptui.),တို့(my)(tui.),ကျွန်တော်တို့(kywantautui.)(male speaker),ကျွန်မတို့(kywanma.tui.)(female speaker),ငါတို့(ngatui.)(informal)
• Burushaski:mî
• Buryat:бидэ(bide)
• Carpathian Rusyn:мы(mŷ)
• Catalan:nosaltres(ca)
• Chamicuro:a'ti
• Chichewa:ife
• Chinese:

  Dungan:вәму(vəmu)

  Eastern Min:Ta các nông／Ta các nông(nguāi-gáuk-nè̤ng)

  Gan:Ta cái lý／Ta cái lý(ngo³go li),Ta chờ(ngo³diin)

  Hakka:𠊎 đâu(ngài-têu),𠊎 chờ(ngài-tén, ngài-tên, ngài-nên),𠊎 đám người(ngai²dên¹ngin²/ ngai²dên³ngin²)(Meixian)

  Jin:Chúng ta／Chúng ta(ghe²me),Bọn yêm／Bọn yêm(ghan²me / gha²me)

  Mandarin:Chúng ta／Chúng ta(zh)(wǒmen)(generic in most dialects,but exclusive in some),Bọn yêm／Bọn yêm(zh)(ǎnmen)(dialectal,Northern China)

  Northern Min:Chúng ta(uòi-nêng)

  Wu:A kéo,Ní

  Xiang:Chúng ta／Chúng ta(ngo³men)

• Chukchi:моргынан(morgynan)
• Chuvash:эпир(ep̬ir)
• Classical Nahuatl:tehhuān,tehhuāntin
• Czech:my(cs)
• Dalmatian:nu
• Danish:vi(da)
• Dutch:wij(nl),we(nl)
• Dyirbal:ŋaliɖidu,ŋanaɖipl
• Edo:ìmà(emphatic),mà(regular)
• Efik:nnyin
• Esperanto:ni(eo)
• Estonian:meie(et),me(et)
• Even:бу(ʙu)
• Evenki:бу(bu)
• Extremaduran:nusotrus
• Finnish:me(fi),myö(fi)(dialectal)
• French:nous(fr)(formal),on(fr)(informal)

  Old French:nos

• Friulian:nô,noaltris
• Galician:nós(gl)mplorfpl
• Georgian:ჩვენ(čven)
• German:wir(de)

  Alemannic German:mir

• Greek:εμείς(el)(emeís)

  Ancient:νώdu(nṓ),ἡμεῖςpl(hēmeîs)

• Gurani:ئێمە(ême)
• Haitian Creole:nou
• Hausa:(independent form)^{(pleaseverify)}múu,(perfective 1)^{(pleaseverify)}mún,(perfective 2)^{(pleaseverify)}múkà,(neg. perfective)^{(pleaseverify)}bàmù...bá,(future)^{(pleaseverify)}záamù,(predictive)^{(pleaseverify)}mâa,(habitual)^{(pleaseverify)}múkàn,(subjunctive)^{(pleaseverify)}mù(ha),(continuous 1)^{(pleaseverify)}múnàa,(continuous 2)^{(pleaseverify)}múkè(e),(neg. continuous)^{(pleaseverify)}báamàa
• Hebrew:אֲנַחְנוּ(he)(anákhnu),אָנוּ(he)(ánu)
• Hindi:हम(hi)(ham)
• Hopi:itam
• Hungarian:mi(hu),(usually indicated by the suffix only)-unk,-ünk
• Icelandic:við(is)
• Ido:ni(io)
• Igala:àwa(emphatic),à
• Igbo:ànyị(ig)
• Indonesian:kita(id)(informal)
• Ingrian:möö
• Interlingua:nos(ia)
• Irish:muid(conjunctive),sinn(disjunctive),muidne,sinne(emphatic)

  Old Irish:sní

• Istriot:nu
• Italian:noi(it),noialtri
• Izon:wó(short form),wónì(regular form),wómịnị̀(emphatic form)
• Japanese:Tư đạt(ja)(わたしたち, watashitachi),Ta ら(われら, warera),Ta 々(ja)(われわれ, wareware),Phó ら(ぼくら, bokura),(mainly vulgar,informal)Yêm đạt(おれたち, oretachi),(dialect)Yêm chờ(おいら, oira),うち(ja)(uchi),Phó đạt(ぼくたち, bokutachi),Tư ども(わたしども, watashidomo)
• Jeju:우리(uri)
• Kabuverdianu:anos,nu
• Kalmyk:бид(bid),бидн(bidn)
• Kannada:ನಾವು(kn)(nāvu)
• Kashubian:më
• Kazakh:біз(kk)(bız)
• Khmer:យើង(km)(yəəng)
• Kikuyu:ithuĩ
• Korean:우리(ko)(uri),저희(ko)(jeohui)(humble)
• Kumyk:биз(biz)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:em(ku),me(ku)

• Kyrgyz:биз(ky)(biz)
• Ladino:mozotros,מוזוטרוס,mozós
• Lao:ພວກເຮົາ(phūak hao),ເຮົາ(hao),ຮາ(hā)(poetic),ຕູ(tū)(colloquial; I, we),ເຜືອ(phư̄a)(archaic),ເຜືອຂ້ອຽ(phư̄ak ʼīa)(archaic)
• Latgalian:mes
• Latin:nōs(la)
• Latvian:mēs(lv)
• Lithuanian:mes(lt)
• Livonian:mēg
• Lombard:nun(lmo)
• Louisiana Creole French:nouzòt,nou,no
• Low German:wi(nds)
• Lü:ᦣᧁ(haw)(inclusive),ᦎᦴ(ṫuu)(exclusive),ᦎᦴᦃᦾᧉ(ṫuuẋoay²)(exclusive, deferential),ᦕᦴᧉᦃᦱᧉᦎᦴ(ṗhuu²ẋaa²ṫuu)(exclusive),ᦎᦴᦃᦱᧉ(ṫuuẋaa²)(exclusive, deferential),ᦣᦱᦎᦴ(haaṫuu)(exclusive)
• Macedonian:ние(nie)
• Manx:mayd,shin,(emphatic)shinyn
• Mauritian Creole:nou
• Mazanderani:اما(amâ)
• Middle English:we
• Middle Korean:우리(wuli)
• Mòcheno:biar
• Mon:ပိုဲ(mnw)(poi)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:бид(mn)(bid)

• Nanai:буэ(bue)
• Navajo:nihídu,danihípl
• Neapolitan:nuje
• Nepali:हामी(ne)(hāmī)
• Ngarrindjeri:ngurn
• Nheengatu:yandé
• Northern Sami:^{(pleaseverify)}moaidu,^{(pleaseverify)}miipl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:vi(no)

  Nynorsk:me(nn),vi

• Occitan:nos(oc),nosautres(oc)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic:мꙑpl(my),вѣdu(vě)

• Old East Slavic:мꙑ(my)
• Old English:wit(ang)du,wē(ang)pl
• Old Korean:Ngô(*WUli)
• Old Turkic:𐰋𐰃𐰕(b²iz/⁠biz⁠/)
• Oromo:nuyi
• Ossetian:мах(max)
• Pannonian Rusyn:ми(mi)
• Papiamentu:nos
• Pashto:موږ(muẓ̌),مونږ(mung)
• Persian:

  Dari:مَا(phát)(mā)

  Iranian Persian:ما(phát)(mâ)

• Piedmontese:noi
• Pipil:tejemet,tehemet
• Polish:my(pl)
• Portuguese:nós(pt),a gente(pt)(informal)
• Prakrit:𑀅𑀁𑀳𑁂(aṃhe),𑀯𑀬𑀁(vayaṃ)
• Romanian:noi(ro)
• Romansch:nus,nous
• Russian:мы(ru)(my)
• Sardinian:nois,noso,nosu
• Scottish Gaelic:sinn(nonemphatic),sinne(emphatic)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:ми̑

  Latin:mȋ

• Sicilian:nuàutri(scn),nui(scn)
• Sidamo:ninke
• Sindhi:اسين
• Sinhalese:අපි(si)(api)
• Slovak:my
• Slovene:mí(sl)mpl,mé(sl)fplornpl
• Somali:innaga
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:my

• Southern Altai:бис(bis)
• Southern Sami:mijjieh
• Spanish:nosotros(es)mpl,nosotras(es)fpl
• Sranan Tongo:wi
• Svan:please add this translation if you can
• Swahili:sisi
• Swedish:vi(sv)
• Tajik:мо(tg)(mo)
• Talysh:əmə
• Taos:ną
• Tat:umu
• Tatar:без(tt)(bez)
• Tedim Chin:ei
• Ternate:ngomi
• Thai:เรา(th)(rao)
• Tibetan:ང་ཐསོ(nga thso)
• Tigrinya:ንሕና(nəḥna)
• Tlingit:uháan
• Tocharian B:wenedu,wespl
• Turkish:biz(tr)
• Turkmen:biz(tk)
• Tuvan:бис(bis)
• Udi:йан(jan)
• Ukrainian:ми(uk)(my)
• Urdu:ہَم(ur)(ham)
• Uyghur:بىز(ug)(biz)
• Uzbek:biz(uz)
• Venetan:noaltri(vec),noantri,nualtri,naltri
• Volapük:obs(vo)
• Walloon:nos(wa),nozôtes(wa)
• Welsh:ni,(emphatic)ninnau
• West Frisian:wy(fy)
• Wolof:nun
• Yagnobi:мох(mox)
• Yakut:биһиги(bihigi)
• Yámana:xan
• Yiddish:מיר(mir)
• Yoruba:àwa(emphatic),a(regular)
• Zande:ani
• Zazaki:ma(diq)
• Zealandic:oôns,wulder,(unemphatic)me
• Zou:ei
• Zulu:thina
• ǃXóõ:īh,(emphatic)īhʻī,īsî,(emphatic)īsîʻī

exclusivewe(the speaker and at least one other person, but excluding the person(s) being addressed)

• Aklanon:kami
• Avar:ниж(niž)
• Aymara:nanaka
• Bikol Central:kami(bcl)
• Bislama:(dual)mitufaladu,(trial)mitrifala,(plural)mifalapl
• Chechen:вай(vaj)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Chúng ta(yue)(ngo⁵dei⁶),Chúng ta／Chúng ta(yue)(ngo⁵mun⁴)(formal)

  Hokkien:Nguyễn(zh-min-nan)(góan, gún)

  Mandarin:Chúng ta／Chúng ta(zh)(wǒmen)(generic in most dialects,but exclusive in some)

  Teochew:Nguyễn(ng²)

• Fi gian:keiraudu,keitou(paucal),keimamipl
• Guaraní:ore
• Gujarati:અમે(ame)
• Hadza:ôbeef,ûbiim
• Hawaiian:māuadu,mākoupl
• Hiligaynon:kami
• Hiri Motu:ai
• Indonesian:kami(id)
• Ingush:вай(vaj)
• Laboya:nami
• Malay:kami(ms)
• Malayalam:ഞങ്ങൾ(ml)(ñaṅṅaḷ)
• Manchu:ᠪᡝ(be)
• Mansaka:kami
• Maori:māuadu,mātoupl
• Maranao:kami
• Marathi:आम्ही(āmhī)
• Mbyá Guaraní:ore
• Mori Bawah:kami
• Motu:ai
• Niuean:mauadu,mautolupl
• Ojibwe:niinawind
• Old Tupi:oré
• Pijin:mifala
• Quechua:ñuqayku(qu),ñogaiku,nogakuna
• Rapa Nui:mauadu,matoupl
• Samoan:please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog:kami(tl)
• Tamil:நாங்கள்(ta)(nāṅkaḷ)
• Tausug:kami
• Telugu:మేము(te)(mēmu)
• Tetum:ami
• Tok Pisin:mipela(tpi),mitupela(tpi)du
• Tokelauan:māuadu,mātoupl
• Udihe:бу(bu)
• Vietnamese:chúng tôi(vi)
• Zhuang:dou

inclusivewe(the speaker and the person(s) being addressed, and possibly others)

• Aklanon:kita
• Avar:нилъ(nilˢ)
• Aymara:jiwasa(ay),jiwasanaka
• Bikol Central:kita(bcl)
• Bislama:^{(pleaseverify)}yumi,(dual)^{(pleaseverify)}yumitupeladu,(trial)^{(pleaseverify)}yumitripela,^{(pleaseverify)}yumipelapl
• Chechen:тхо(txo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Ngươi ta(nei⁵ngo⁵)

  Hokkien:Ta(zh-min-nan)(lán),Ta người(zh-min-nan)(lán-lâng)

  Mandarin:Chúng ta／Chúng ta(zh)(zánmen),Ta(zh)(zán)(dialectal),Ngươi ta(zh)(nǐwǒ)

  Teochew:Yêm(nang²)

• Fi gian:kedarudu,kedatou(paucal),kedapl
• Guaraní:ñande
• Gujarati:આપણે(āpaṇe)
• Hadza:onebeef,unibiim
• Hawaiian:kāuadu,kākoupl
• Hiligaynon:kita
• Hiri Motu:ita
• Indonesian:kita(id)
• Ingush:тхо(txo)
• Laboya:yitta
• Malay:kita(ms)
• Malayalam:നമ്മൾ(ml)(nammaḷ)
• Manchu:ᠮᡠᠰᡝ(muse)
• Mansaka:kita
• Maori:tāuadu,tātoupl
• Maranao:kita
• Marathi:आपण(mr)(āpaṇ)
• Mbyá Guaraní:nhande
• Mori Bawah:kita
• Motu:ita
• Niuean:tauadu
• Ojibwe:giinawind
• Old Tupi:îandé
• Pijin:iumi
• Quechua:ñuqanchik(qu)
• Rapa Nui:tauadu,tatoupl
• Samoan:tādu,tātoupl
• Tagalog:tayo(tl)
• Tamil:நாம்(ta)(nām),யாம்(ta)(yām)
• Tausug:kita
• Telugu:మనము(te)(manamu)
• Tetum:ita
• Tok Pisin:yumi,yumipela
• Tokelauan:tāuadu,tādu,tātoupl
• Udihe:минти(minti)
• Vietnamese:chúng ta(vi)
• Zhuang:raeuz

items to check for clusivity

• Tagalog:kita(tl)
• Turkish:ikimiz(tr)(you and I),üçümüz(we three etc.)[clusivity depends on context?]
• Venetan:noi doi[clusivity depends on context?]

the royalwe(referring to the sovereign alone acting in their capacity as monarch)

• Arabic:نحن(ar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Trẫm(zam⁶),Quả nhân(gwaa²jan⁴)

  Mandarin:Trẫm(zh)(zhèn),Quả nhân(zh)(guǎrén)

• Danish:please add this translation if you can
• Dutch:please add this translation if you can
• French:nous(fr)
• German:wir(de)
• Italian:please add this translation if you can
• Japanese:Trẫm(ja)(chin)
• Korean:짐(ko)(jim)
• Malay:beta(ms)
• Polish:my(pl)
• Russian:мы(ru)(my)
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can
• Swedish:please add this translation if you can
• Tangut:𗧅(*ɣjɨr¹),𘓊𗸦(*zjɨ̱r¹ dźjwu¹)
• Thai:please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese:trẫm(vi)

Determiner

we

1. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.

   WeCanadians like to think of ourselves as different.

Etymology 2

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wə/

• Audio(Southern England):

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Pronoun

we

2. (Geordie)Us.

   He was a propa gadgie, and always boughtwedrinks after a long shift.

   He was a great guy, and always boughtusdrinks after a long shift.

   And what have you done forwesince? Nowt!

   And what have you done forussince? Nothing!

Usage notes

Not to be confused with Tynesideus(“me”).

Anagrams

• EW,e͞w,ew,E&W

Abinomn

Noun

we(dualwerom,pluralwekon)

1. tree kangaroo

References

• Newguineaworld,citing Donohue and Musgrave,Abinomn nominal number(2007: 365)

Anguthimri

Noun

we

1. (Mpakwithi)owl

References

• Terry Crowley,The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri(1981), page 189

Caac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/

Noun

we

1. water

   kô-ny we

   'my (glass/drink of) water'

References

• A Study of Space in Caac, an Oceanic Language

Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

• wi,wu

Etymology

FromEnglishwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wi/

Pronoun

we

1. we,us1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin personal pronouns

Subject personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person		I	we,wu
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		i	dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person		me	we
2nd person		you	wuna
3rd person		yi,-am	dem,-am

Determiner

we

1. our,1st person pluralpossessive determiner

See also

Cameroonian Pidgin possessive determiners

		singular	plural
1st person		my	we
2nd person		your	wuna
3rd person		yi	dia

Chuukese

Determiner

we(pluralkewe)

1. (possessive subject marker)the(singular)

Dadibi

Noun

wẹ

1. water

Synonyms

• ạị

References

• Karl J. Franklin,Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas(1975), page 67
• Karl James Franklin,Pacific Linguistics(1973,→ISBN,page 130: Polopaso/souwoman, cf. DARsoufemale animal butwewoman. Several multiple cognate sets appeared in the data. Daribi uses bothạịandwẹfor water; some Polopa speakers gave one term, some another. Both are probably known everywhere.

Dutch

Etymology

Seewij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʋə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

we(personal pronoun)

1. we

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive	genitive5
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me	mijner,mijns
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer,jouws
2nd personarchaicorregiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer,uws
2nd personformal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer,uws
3rd personmasculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner,zijns
3rd personfeminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r1,'r1,d'r1	haar	h'r1,'r1,d'r1	hare	zich	harer,haars
3rd personneuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner,zijns
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons,onze2	–	onze	ons	onzer,onzes
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd personarchaicorregiolectal6	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer,uws
2nd personformal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer,uws
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3,hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner,huns
1)Not as common in written language. 2)Inflected as anadjective. 3)Inprescriptivistuse, used only as direct object (accusative). 4)Inprescriptivistuse, used only as indirect object (dative).				5)Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6)To differentiate from the singulargij,gelle(object formelle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms aregijliedenandgijlui( "you people" ).

Synonyms

• wij

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch:wê

See also

• ons

Fi gian

Noun

we

1. scar

Fwâi

we

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre,Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène(1982)

Galoli

Etymology

InheritedfromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiR.

Noun

we

1. (Talur)water

References

• Bryan Hinton,The languages of Wetar,inSpices from the east: Papers in languages of eastern Indonesia(2000), page 121

Haeke

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Jean Claude Rivierre, Sabine Ehrhart, Raymond Diéla,Le Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné(2006)

Haveke

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Jean Claude Rivierre, Sabine Ehrhart, Raymond Diéla,Le Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné(2006)

Hmwaveke

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946)Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie.Cited in: "ʰMoavekɛ"in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R.,&Gray, R.D.(2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics,4:271–283.

Ido

Etymology

Fromw+‎-e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/,/wɛ/

Noun

we(pluralwe-i)

1. The name of theLatin scriptletterW/w.

See also

• (Latin script letter names)litero;a,be,ce,che,de,e,fe,ge,he,i,je,ke,le,me,ne,o,pe,que,re,se,she,te,u,ve,we,xe,ye,ze^{(Category:io:Latin letter names)}

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchwee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/,[we]

Noun

wé

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterW/w.

Synonyms

• dabel yu(Standard Malay)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;a,be,ce,de,e,ef,ge,ha,i,je,ka,el,em,en,o,pe,ki,er,es,te,u,ve,we,eks,ye,zet

Further reading

• “we”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology 1

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

we

1. that
   • 2023,Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits,United Nations, Aatikl 25:

     Umanwea mada an pikni disorv speshal kier an elp.

     Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.

     (literally, “Womenthatare mothers, and children, deserve special care and help.”)

Etymology 2

DerivedfromEnglishwhere.

Conjunction

we

1. where
   • 2012,Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment,Edinburgh: DJB, published2012,→ISBN,Maak14:14:

     Wen im go iina wan ous, tel di uona fi di ous se, "Di tiicha se fi aks yu se:Wedi ges ruum dewemi kyan nyam di Paasuova fuud wid mi speshal falara dem? "

     and when he goes into a house, ask the ownerwhereI and my disciples can celebrate the Passover.

Further reading

• weat majstro

Japanese

Romanization

we

1. Rōmajitranscription ofゑ
2. Rōmajitranscription ofヱ
3. Rōmajitranscription ofうぇ
4. Rōmajitranscription ofウェ

Jawe

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre,Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène(1982)

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvɛ/
• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Syllabification:we

Preposition

we

1. Alternative form ofw.

Kikuyu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wɛ(ː)/

Pronoun

we(second person singular)

1. you,thou

Related terms

• -aku(“your, thy”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wɛ/

Pronoun

we(third person singular)

1. s/he

Related terms

• -ake(“his/her”)

See also

Independent personal pronouns in Kikuyu

	singular	plural
1st person	niĩ	ithuĩ
2nd person	we/wɛ(ː)/	inyuĩ
3rd person	we/wɛ/	o

References

• “we” in Benson, T.G. (1964).Kikuyu-English dictionary,p. 561. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Laboya

Noun

we

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S. J., Blust. R, Gray, R. D. (2008) “The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics”, inEvolutionary Bioinformatics‎^[6],number 4, archived fromthe originalon18 April 2017,pages271-283
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”,in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary(2010–),→DOI

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wɛ/

Preposition

we(with locative)

1. Alternative form ofw(especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

Mandarin

Romanization

we(we⁵／we⁰,Zhuyin˙ㄨㄝ)

1. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofUy

Romanization

we

1. Nonstandardspelling ofwē.

Usage notes

• Transcriptionsof Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonaldifferences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Adjective

we(Raguileo spelling)

1. new,recent

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

fromOld Englishwē(“we”),fromProto-West Germanic*wiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*wīz,*wiz(“we”),fromProto-Indo-European*wéy(“we (plural)”).Comparewit(first person dual pronoun).

Alternative forms

• whe,ve,woe,wue,weo,wæ,vue,hwe,huue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/weː/

Pronoun

we(accusativeus,we,genitiveoure,possessive determineroures)

2. First-person plural pronoun:we
3. First-person plural accusative pronoun:us

Descendants

• English:we
  • Jamaican Creole:wi
  • Sranan Tongo:wi
• Scots:we,oo
• Yola:wough,wu,wee,we,w'

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I,ich,ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche,heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires,hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his,hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us,ous		oure	oure oures,ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres,youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres,heren
		bor.	þei	þem,þeim		þeir	þeir þeires,þeiren

¹Used preconsonantally or beforeh.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “we,pron.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved10 May 2018.

Etymology 2

FromOld Englishwēa,fromProto-Germanic*waiwô.Doubletofwowe.

Alternative forms

• wee,wea,wæ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/wɛː/,/weː/

Noun

we(uncountable)

2. woe,grief,sadness

References

• “wẹ̄,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007,retrieved2018-12-30.

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• Certainly:Stem vowel:ê⁴
  • (originally)IPA^(key):/weː/

Etymology 1

FromOld Saxonhwē,fromProto-West Germanic*hwaʀ,fromProto-Germanic*hwaz.

Pronoun

wê(accusativewēneorwen,dativewēmeorwem,genitivewes)

1. (interrogative,masculine,feminine)who

Etymology 2

FromProto-Germanic*wiz.

Pronoun

wê

1. (personal,first person,in theplural,nominative)Alternative form ofwî.

Nedebang

Noun

we

1. blood

References

• Gary Holton and Laura Robinson,The Internal History of the Alor-Pantar language family,inThe Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology,edited by Marian Klamer
• transnewguinea.org(wæ),ASJP 1(wE i.e. wɛ),ASJP 2(we)

Nemi

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre,Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène(1982)

North Ambrym

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water

Further reading

• Darrell T. Tryon,New Hebrides languages: an internal classification(1976)
• George William Grace,The position of the Polynesian languages within the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family(1959)

North Frisian

Etymology

FromOld Frisianwī,fromProto-Germanic*wīz,fromProto-Indo-European*wéy.

Pronoun

we(Mooring)

1. we(first-person plural personal pronoun)

Alternative forms

• wi(Föhr-Amrum)
• wü(Sylt)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Mooringdialect)

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		masculine referent	feminine / neuter / plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced
singular	1st	ik	'k	me		man	min
	2nd	dü	–	de		dan	din
	3rd m.	hi	'r	ham	'n	san	sin
	3rd f.	jü	's	har	's	harn	har
	3rd n.	hat	et,'t	ham	et,'t	san	sin
plural	1st	we		üs		üüsen	üüs
	2nd	jam	'm	jam		jarnge
	3rd	ja	's	ja,jam	's	jare
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic;they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions.Düis deleted altogether in such contexts.Etis not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject formhatis now rarely used. Inreflexiveuse, only full object forms occur. Dual formswat / unkandjat / junkare obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring.

Nyelâyu

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman,Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie(1991),page 81

Old English

Alternative forms

• wœ̄—Northumbrian
• wæ
• ƿē

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*wiz,*wīz,fromProto-Indo-European*wéy,plural of*éǵh₂.

Cognate withOld Frisianwī(West Frisianwy),Old Saxonwī(Low Germanwi),Old Dutchwī(Dutchwij),Old High Germanwir(Germanwir),Old Norsevér(DanishandSwedishvi),Gothic𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃(weis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/weː/

Pronoun

wē(personal pronoun)

1. we(nominativepluralofiċ)

Declension

Old English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	first person		iċ	mē,mec	mē	mīn
	second person		þū	þē,þec	þē	þīn
	third person	neuter	hit		him	his
		masculine	hē	hine
		feminine	hēo	hīe	hire
dual	first person		wit	unc,uncit	unc	uncer
	second person		ġit	inc,incit	inc	incer
plural	first person		wē	ūs,ūsiċ	ūs	ūre,ūser
	second person		ġē	ēow,ēowic	ēow	ēower
	third person		hīe		him	heora

Descendants

• Middle English:we,whe,ve,woe,wue,weo,wæ,vue,hwe,huue
  • English:we
    • Jamaican Creole:wi
    • Sranan Tongo:wi
  • Scots:we,oo
  • Yola:wough,wu,wee,we,w'

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/

Etymology 1

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*waʀi,fromProto-Austronesian*waʀi.Doubletofwari.

Noun

we

1. sun
2. day

Usage notes

Zoetmulder usedOld Javaneseweas primary entry for sun and day sense, whileOld Javanesewweused for water as primary entry.

Alternative forms

• wai
• way

• wwai
• wway
• wwe

Derived terms

• tistis we
• titis iṅ way
• tĕṅahwe
• tĕṅahṅwe
• we göṅ
• we tis

Descendants

• >Javanese:ꦮꦺ(wé)(inherited)

Etymology 2

Noun

we

1. Alternative spelling ofwwe(“water”)

Further reading

• "we" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary.'s-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(10^th–15^thCE)/vɛ/
• IPA^(key):(15^thCE)/vɛ/

Preposition

we

1. Alternative form ofw

Pije

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre,Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène(1982)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Syllabification:we

Preposition

we

1. Alternative form ofw,used mostly before words that begin with consonant clusters.

Scots

Alternative forms

• oo

Etymology

InheritedfromMiddle Englishwe,fromOld Englishwē(“we”),fromProto-West Germanic*wiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*wīz,*wiz(“we”),fromProto-Indo-European*wéy(“we (plural)”).Cognate withEnglishwe.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)IPA^(key):/wi/
  • (Southern Scots)IPA^(key):/wəi/(sometimes spelledwey)
• (unstressed)IPA^(key):/wə/(sometimes spelledwa)

Pronoun

we

1. we
2. us

See also

Scots personal pronouns

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive
first person	singular		A,I,Ik	me	mysel	mine,mines	mine,my
	plural		we	us,we	oorsel,oorsels	oors	our
second person	singular	standard (formal)	ye you,yow	ye you,yow	yersel yoursel	yers yours	yer your
		Insular(informal)	thoo	thee	thysel,theesel	thines	thy,thee,thees
	plural		ye,yese you,youse	ye,yese you,youse theer	yesels yoursels	yers yours	yer your
third person	singular	masculine	he,e	him,im	himsel,hissel	his,is	his,is
		feminine	scho,she,shu	her,er	hersel	hers	her,er
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itsel hitsel	its hits	its hits
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	ane	ane	–	–	ane's
	plural		thay	thaim	thaimsel,thaimsels	thairs	thair

References

• “we,pers. pron.”,inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language,Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries,2004–present,→OCLC,retrieved24 May 2024,reproduced fromWilliam A[lexander]Craigie,A[dam]J[ack]Aitken[et al.],editors,A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue:[…],Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,1931–2002,→OCLC.
• “we,pron.”,inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language,Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries,2004–present,→OCLC,retrieved24 May 2024,reproduced from W[illiam]Grant and D[avid]D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary,Edinburgh:Scottish National Dictionary Association,1931–1976,→OCLC.

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvɛ/
• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Syllabification:we

Preposition

we

1. Alternative form ofw,used mostly before words that begin with consonant clusters

Slovincian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvə/
• Rhymes:-və
• Syllabification:we

Preposition

we

1. Alternative form ofw.

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich(1912) “we”, inSlovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[7](in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg:ОРЯС ИАН,page1279

Spanish

Etymology

Variant ofgüey,representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈwe/[ˈwe]
• Rhymes:-e
• Syllabification:we

Noun

wemorfby sense(pluralwees)

1. (colloquial)dude,guy,buddy

   Synonyms:carnal,cuate,tonto,bato

2. (Mexico,colloquialslang)chump,punk,dumbass,idiot,jerk

Tocharian A

cardinal numbers

Previous:	sas
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Etymology

FromProto-Indo-European*dwóh₁.CompareTocharian Bwi.

Numeral

wef

1. two

Related terms

• wu

Tok Pisin

Etymology

FromEnglishwhere.

Adverb

we

1. where
   • 1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin,Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,Jenesis3:9:

     Tasol God, Bikpela i singaut long man na i tok, “Yu stapwe?”

     →New International Version translation

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromPersianوَ(va).

Conjunction

we

1. and

Etymology 2

Noun

we(definite accusative[please provide],plural[please provide])

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterW/w.

Uyghur

Noun

we

1. Latin (ULY)transcription ofۋە(we)

Vamale

Noun

we

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics,4:271-283.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/weː/

Noun

we

1. Soft mutation ofgwe.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwe	we	ngwe	unchanged
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/

Noun

we

1. leaf

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8],Pacific linguistics

Yola

Pronoun

we

1. Alternative form ofwough
   • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page114,lines7-9:

     and whilkewecanna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.

     and for whichwehave no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.

   • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page114,lines21-23:

     Ye pace——yea,wemai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,

     The peace——yes,wemay say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,

   • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page116,lines6-8:

     Na oure gladès ana whilkewedellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,

     In our valleys wherewewere digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,

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, published1867,page114

Yuanga

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*waiʀ,fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.

Noun

we

1. water(clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman,Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie(1999),page 81

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/we/

Noun

we

1. head lice

Numeral

we

1. three

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary[provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Zulu

Pronoun

-we

1. Combining stem ofwena.