hwe

See also: hwə and hwə́

Bassa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xʷe]

Noun

hwe

  1. witchcraft

References

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-Hʷe.[1] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe ohwè, Aja (West Africa) ewe, Fon hwè, Ewe ɣe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣʷè/

Noun

hwè (Benin)

  1. sun

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 223

Ma'di

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hʷɛ̄]
  • Hyphenation: hwe

Noun

hwe

  1. alternative form of kwe

References

  • Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 651

Middle English

Pronoun

hwe

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of we (“we”)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronoun

hwē m or f

  1. who

Declension

Declension of hwē
impersonal personal
nominative hwat hwē
accusative hwat hwena
genitive hwes hwes
dative hwemu hwemu

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: wê, wei, wie
    • Low German: we, wo, wie
    • Plautdietsch: wäa
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