iwe

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See also: iwę, Iwę, and îwe

Chichewa

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iwe

  1. you (second-person singular informal personal pronoun)

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Chuukese

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Conjunction

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iwe

  1. so
  2. therefore

Swahili

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Verb

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iwe

  1. inflection of -wa:
    1. m-mi class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative
    2. n class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

Tooro

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IPA(key): /íːwe/

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iwe

  1. you (second-person singular personal pronoun)
    Ni iwe.It's you.

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References

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  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411

Tumbuka

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iwe

  1. you (second-person singular personal pronoun)

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Venda

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Pronoun

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iwe

  1. you; second-person singular pronoun.

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to bind, to wrap), literally That which can be bound. Compare with Doublet of ewé

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Noun

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ìwé

  1. paper
    Synonyms: bébà, tákàdá, pépà
  2. document, letter
  3. book, publication
    wọ́n ń tẹ ìwéThey were printing books
  4. a scientific or academic research document
  5. (by extension) learning, education
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Etymology 2

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Iwe adìyẹ

Coganates with Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ighe, Èkìtì & Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba uwe

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iwe

  1. (zootomy) gizzard
  2. kidney
    Synonyms: erè-inú, kíndìnrín

Etymology 3

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Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí

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ìwé

  1. (Ijebu) this
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