gwe

See also: GWE

Japanese

Romanization

gwe

1. The katakana syllable グェ (gwe) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Contraction of gowe, from English go away.

Verb

gwe

1. 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.

2. to disappear

   Mi bagasi gwe. ― My luggage is gone.

Welsh

Gwe wlithog

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)

1. web, spiderweb
2. gauze
3. (with definite article) the web

Derived terms

• anwe (“woof, weft”)
• gwe-rwydo (“phishing”)
• gwe-ymlusgwr (“web crawler”)
• gwefan (“website”)
• 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

Mutated forms of gwe

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.

References

• 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