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Definitions and meaning of we
we
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishwe, from Old Englishwē(“we”), from Proto-West Germanic*wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic*wīz, *wiz(“we”), from Proto-Indo-European*wéy(“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we(“we”), North Frisian we(“we”), West Frisian wy(“we”), Low German wi(“we”), Dutch we, wij(“we”), German wir(“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi(“we”), Icelandicvér, við(“we”), Avestan𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨(vaēm), Sanskritवयम्(vayám).
(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
(personal) The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
(personal) The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
(personal, royal) The sovereign alone in their capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
(personal)The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
(personal, often considered patronising)A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
(colloquial) The speaker themselves, used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)
(West Country, archaic) Us.
(bridge) The side which is keeping score.
Antonym:they
Derived terms
Descendants
Jamaican Creole: wi
Sranan Tongo: wi
Translations
Determiner
we
The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wə/
Pronoun
we
(Geordie) Us.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with Tyneside us(“me”).
Anagrams
EW, ew
Abinomn
Noun
we (dualwerom, pluralwekon)
tree kangaroo
References
Newguineaworld, citing Donohue and Musgrave, Abinomn nominal number (2007: 365)
Anguthimri
Noun
we
(Mpakwithi) owl
References
Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
Caac
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /we/
Noun
we
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
From Englishwe.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wi/
Pronoun
we
we, us 1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun
See also
Determiner
we
our, 1st person plural possessive determiner
See also
Chuukese
Determiner
we (pluralkewe)
(possessive subject marker) the (singular)
Dadibi
Noun
wẹ
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: Polopa so/sou woman, cf. DAR sou female animal but we woman. Several multiple cognate sets appeared in the data. Daribi uses both ạị and wẹ for water; some Polopa speakers gave one term, some another. Both are probably known everywhere.
Dutch
Etymology
See wij.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʋə/
Pronoun
we (personal pronoun)
we
Inflection
Synonyms
wij
Descendants
Jersey Dutch: wê
See also
ons
Fijian
Noun
we
scar
Fwâi
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
water (clear liquid H₂O)
References
André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)
Galoli
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiR.
Noun
we
(Talur) water
References
Bryan Hinton, The languages of Wetar, in Spices from the east: Papers in languages of eastern Indonesia (2000), page 121
Haeke
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /we/
Noun
we
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
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /we/
Noun
we
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
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
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
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /we/, /wɛ/
Noun
we (pluralwe-i)
The name of the Latin script letter W/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
From Dutchwee.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwe/, [ˈwe]
Noun
wé
The name of the Latin-script letter W/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” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Jamaican Creole
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction
we
that
Etymology 2
Derived from Englishwhere.
Conjunction
we
where
Further reading
we at majstro.com
Japanese
Romanization
we
Rōmaji transcription of ゑ
Rōmaji transcription of ヱ
Rōmaji transcription of うぇ
Rōmaji transcription of ウェ
Jawe
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
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): /ˈvʲɛ/
Syllabification: wew
Preposition
we
Alternative form of w.
Kikuyu
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wɛ(ː)/
Pronoun
we (second person singular)
you, thou
Related terms
-aku (“your, thy”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wɛ/
Pronoun
we (third person singular)
s/he
Related terms
-ake (“his/her”)
See also
References
“we” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 561. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Laboya
Noun
we
water
References
Greenhill, S. J., Blust. R, Gray, R. D. (2008) “The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics”, in Evolutionary Bioinformatics[6], number 4, archived from the original on 18 April 2017, pages 271-283
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*wahiR”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wɛ/
Preposition
we (with locative)
Alternative form of w(especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)
Mandarin
Romanization
we (we5/we0, Zhuyin˙ㄨㄝ)
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喂
Romanization
we
Nonstandard spelling of wē.
Usage notes
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
from Old Englishwē(“we”), from Proto-West Germanic*wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic*wīz, *wiz(“we”), from Proto-Indo-European*wéy(“we (plural)”). Compare wit(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)
First-person plural pronoun:we
First-person plural accusative pronoun:us
Descendants
English: we
Jamaican Creole: wi
Sranan Tongo: wi
Scots: we, wee, wa
Yola: wough, wu, wee, we, w'
See also
References
“we, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 May 2018.
Etymology 2
From Old Englishwēa, from Proto-Germanic*waiwô. Doublet of wowe.
Alternative forms
wee, wea, wæ
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wɛː/, /weː/
Noun
we (uncountable)
woe, grief, sadness
References
“wẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-30.
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
Certainly: Stem vowel: ê⁴
(originally) IPA(key): /weː/
Etymology 1
From Old Saxonhwē, from Proto-West Germanic*hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic*hwaz.
Pronoun
wê (accusativewēneorwen, dativewēmeorwem, genitivewes)
(interrogative, masculine, feminine) who
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic*wiz.
Pronoun
wê
(personal, first person,in the plural, nominative)Alternative form of wî.
Nedebang
Noun
we
blood
References
Gary Holton and Laura Robinson, The Internal History of the Alor-Pantar language family, in The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology, edited by Marian Klamer
transnewguinea.org (wæ), ASJP 1 (wE i.e. wɛ), ASJP 2 (we)
Nemi
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
water (clear liquid H₂O)
References
André-Georges Haudricourt, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (1982)
North Ambrym
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
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)
Nyâlayu
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
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
From Proto-Germanic*wiz, *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European*wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.
Cognate with Old Frisianwī (West Frisian wy), Old Saxonwī (Low German wi), Old Dutchwī (Dutch wij), Old High German wir (German wir), Old Norsevér (Danish and Swedish vi), Gothic𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃(weis).
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian*waʀi. Doublet of wari.
Noun
we
sun
day
Usage notes
Zoetmulder used Old Javanesewe as primary entry for sun and day sense, while Old Javanesewwe used for water as primary entry.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
we
Alternative spelling of wwe(“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): (10th–15th CE)/vɛ/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/vɛ/
Preposition
we
Alternative form of w
Pije
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
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): /vɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Syllabification: we
Preposition
we
Alternative form of w, used mostly before words that begin with consonant clusters.
Scots
Etymology
From Middle Englishwe, from Old Englishwē(“we”), from Proto-West Germanic*wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic*wīz, *wiz(“we”), from Proto-Indo-European*wéy(“we (plural)”). Cognate with English we.
Pronunciation
(stressed) IPA(key): /wi/
(South Scots) IPA(key): /wəi/(sometimes spelled wey)
(unstressed) IPA(key): /wə/(sometimes spelled wa)
Pronoun
we (first person singular, objectiveusorhus, possessiveoororwir, possessive pronounoorsorwirs, reflexiveoorselsorwirsels)
we
Synonym:oo
See also
References
“we, pron..” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Silesian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Syllabification: we
Preposition
we
Alternative form of w, used mostly before words that begin with consonant clusters
Slovincian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvɛ/
Syllabification: we
Preposition
we
Alternative form of w.
Further reading
Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “we”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[7] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1279
Spanish
Etymology
Variant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /gw/ sounds and in some cases loss of the /i/ sound.
From Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁. Compare Tocharian B wi.
Numeral
wef
two
Related terms
wu
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Englishwhere.
Adverb
we
where
Turkmen
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persianوَ(va).
Conjunction
we
and
Etymology 2
Noun
we (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.
Uyghur
Noun
we
Latin (ULY) transcription of ۋە(we)
Vamale
Noun
we
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
Soft mutation of gwe.
Mutation
West Makian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /we/
Noun
we
leaf
References
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[8], Pacific linguistics
Yola
Pronoun
we
Alternative form of wough
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, published 1867, page 114
Yuaga
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ.
Noun
we
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
head lice
Numeral
we
three
References
Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad