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uwe

See also: Uwe and uwē

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈyu̯ə/
  • Audio:(file)

Determiner

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uwe

  1. non-attributive form of uw (English: yours)
    Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
    Die auto is de uwe. — That car is your one. That car is yours.
    Dat huis is het uwe. — That house is your one. That house is yours.
    Dat is de/het uwe. — That is your one. That is yours.
  2. (archaic) inflected form of uw

Declension

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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 person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter 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 person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal 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 an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, 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 singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").

Esmeralda

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Noun

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uwe

  1. Alternative form of uvve

References

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  • Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"

Middle Dutch

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Determiner

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uwe

  1. inflection of u:
    1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Swahili

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Verb

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uwe

  1. inflection of -wa:
    1. second-person singular subjunctive affirmative
    2. m-mi class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative
    3. u class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

Tukang Besi North

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Noun

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uwe

  1. water

References

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  • Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, →ISBN

Tukang Besi South

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Noun

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uwe

  1. water

References

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  • Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, →ISBN

Wolio

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Noun

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uwe

  1. water

References

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  • Johannes Cornelis Anceaux, The Wolio Language: Outline of Grammatical Description and Texts
  • Morfologi kata kerja bahasa Wolio (1986)

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Yoruba ìwé. Possibly from ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wé (“to bind, to wrap”), literally “That which can be bound”. Compare with ewé and fi wé

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ùwé

  1. (Ekiti, Ijebu, Ondo, Idanre) book, paper
    Synonyms: bébà, tákàdá

Etymology 2

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Uwe ẹdùwẹ rèé, pẹ̀lú àlùbọ́sà gígé

Cognates with Yoruba iwe, Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ighe

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uwe

  1. (Ijebu, Ekiti) (zootomy) gizzard

Zazaki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš (“water”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water, body of water”). Compare Persian آب (âb), Pashto اوبه (obë), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap), etc.

Noun

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uwe

  1. water

Synonyms

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  • aw (Dimli)

References

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  • Ludwig Paul, Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie (1998)
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