wi

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪ

Variant of we.

wi (personal pronoun)

1. (Geordie) us

   Are yee commin with wi or not?

Variant of with.

wi

1. (Yorkshire) with

   Are tha doin' owt wi this?

• I.W.

wi

1. water
2. rain

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

• IPA^(key): /wiiʔ/

wi

1. water

• 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)

• IPA^(key): [wi]

wi

1. man

• 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.

• Wii, Wi, Wy
• wii, wéin (Italian Walser)

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

wi m

1. (Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine

• 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

wi

1. to bite

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages, in Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations

wi

1. Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun”)

wi

1. Alternative spelling of we (“1st person plural possessive determiner”)

wi

1. fire

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

  The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:
  [English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung
  […]
  fire wanyap wi

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

wi

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wj.

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

wi

1. ambarella, Spondias dulcis.

• 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

wị

1. (Suri) water

• wẹị (Boro, Tebera)
• ipi (Sopese)

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

wi

1. sun

From French oui.

• IPA^(key): /wi/

wi

1. yes

• non

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

wi

1. rattan

Derived from English we. Compare Sranan Tongo wi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː/
• Hyphenation: wi

wi

1. we

   Wi cyaan tek it nuh more! ― We can't take it any more.

   • 2011, Richard Bingy Brown, Living the Dream (in English), →ISBN, page 58:

     “If de herbs wi get is good, dem will want lots more by next week […] ”

2. our

   Wi house a buil' a St. Catherine.

   Our new house is being built in St. Catherine.

   • 1986, Michael Parchment, My Freedom Voice, page 11:

     “All di nice time was fi dem,
     Dem tek wi black sista and use dem,
     Dem starve we di men,
     Wanting us not to be friend.
     Thinking we ago rebel against dem […] ”

     Only they enjoyed themselves,
     They took away our black sisters and used them,
     They starved us -- the men,
     They didn't want us to be friends.
     They thought we would rebel against them […]

3. us

   Dem see wi a mek it an' dem vex.

   They see us getting ahead and they're angry.

   • 2010, Dave Collymore, 平和と愛の詩的表現: Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love (in English), →ISBN, page 128:

     “(Weh mi seh) young people mek wi arise
     Mek wi trus God, pon him wi depen […] ”

     (What did I say?) Young people let us arise
     Let us trust God who we depend on […]

• mi
• yuh
• im
• har
• shi
• unnu
• dem

• 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

wi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヰ
3. Rōmaji transcription of うぃ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ウィ

wi (plural ghɨki)

1. woman, female
2. wife

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

wi

1. water

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

Inherited from Old Polish wy.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvi]
• Syllabification: wi

wi

1. plural second person pronoun; you
   • 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 78:

     – Wi cale szie nie podobata na mojó róze, wi esce nic nie znacÿta – poziedżiáł jém.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. polite singular second person pronoun; you

From French oui.

• IPA^(key): /wi/

wi

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

• non

From Old Dutch wī

• IPA^(key): /wiː/

wi

1. we

• Dutch: wij

• “wi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

• wy

• IPA^(key): /wiː/
• (possibly, can't be discerned from written language) Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • IPA^(key): /wiə/, /wiɛ/

From Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wiz.

wî

1. (personal, first person singular nominative) we

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

  Plautdietsch: wie

From Old Saxon hwē or a dialectal variation thereof, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

wî

1. (interrogative) Alternative form of wê.

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

wi

1. we

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

wī

1. we

• Middle Dutch: wi
  • Dutch: wij

• “wi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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

wī

1. we

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

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

wī

1. we

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

    Plautdietsch: wie

wi inan sg (plural niwi)

1. that

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

From Proto-Khasian *wiː, likely from Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ with the loss of initial *m-. Cognate with Khasi wei.

• IPA^(key): /wi/

wi

1. (cardinal number) one

wi

1. with

• wi'

From French oui.

wi

1. yes

wi

1. I, first person singular

• Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

From English we. Compare Jamaican Creole wi.

• IPA^(key): /wi/

wi

1. we, us

wi

1. our

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

wi m or f

1. two

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• IPA^(key): /wi/

wi

1. tooth

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

wi

1. Alternative form of wee (“with”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 32:

     A war cowdealeen wi ooree.

     They were scolding with one another.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:

     wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;

     to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:

     Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,

     In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:

     Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,

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

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 9-10:

     Wi Irishmen owre generale hopes be ee-bond——

     With Irishmen our common hopes are inseparably bound up——

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 12-14:

     shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt wi benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,

     free from melancholy and full of blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,

• 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

IPA^(key): /wí/

wí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

• (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

• gwí

IPA^(key): /wí/

wí

1. to say

   Synonyms: ní, sọ, fọ̀

IPA^(key): /wī/

wi

1. (transitive) to throb

• IPA^(key): /wì/

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