gwe
See also: GWE
Japanese
editRomanization
editgwe
Sranan Tongo
editEtymology
editContraction of gowe, from English go away.
Verb
editgwe
- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh gwe, from Proto-Celtic *wegyā. Cognate with Breton gwiad, and Cornish gwi, gwias.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgwe f (plural gweoedd)
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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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.
References
edit- 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
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