w-

w-

1. Alternative form of o-

w- appears before stems that begin with ii.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /v/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /v/

w-

1. indicates motion inside or inward

   Antonym: wy-

   ‎w- + ‎rzucić → ‎wrzucić

2. indicates motion upward

   ‎w- + ‎stać → ‎wstać

• we-

• IPA^(key): /v/

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• Rhymes: -v
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• Homophone: w

w-

1. indicates motion inside or inward

   Antonym: wy-

   ‎w- + ‎rzucić → ‎wrzucić

2. indicates motion upward

   Synonyms: pod-, wz-

   ‎w- + ‎stać → ‎wstać

• w- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• u-

w- (plural ny-)

1. u class_(XI) noun prefix used before vowels

   wakati mwingine ― another time

• IPA^(key): /w-/

w-

1. Form used before a verb affixed with -a- or subjunctive -e- of o-

   ‎w- + ‎efubike (“to cover oneself”) → ‎wefubike (“may you cover yourself”)

• ∅- (allomorph before a consonant)

• IPA^(key): [w-]

w-

1. Obligatorily marks derivations of intransitive verbs adverbialized with -e or nominalized with any marker.

This prefix is unrealized (disappears) when the stem it is attached to begins with a consonant. When it is used in the third person, the third-person marker y- itself is unrealized, but it palatalizes this suffix w- to y- and lengthens the vowel after it if possible, so that w- appears to disappear (as it becomes indistinguishable from the pre-vocalic form of the third-person marker y- that palatalized it).

This prefix comes between the person marker and the verb stem.

• wi- (allomorph before a consonant)

• IPA^(key): [w-]

w-

1. Marks a transitive verb as having a first-person agent/subject when the patient/object is of third person.
2. Marks an intransitive verb with agent-like argument or (with certain vowel-initial verbs) patient-like argument as having a first-person argument/subject with verb forms that take series I markers.

The form w- is used with stems that start with a vowel; wi- is used with those that start with a consonant, in which case the initial consonant is also palatalized. In practice, since all intransitive verbs to which this prefix can attach start with a vowel, wi- only appears on certain transitive verbs.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “w-”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 152, 179–180, 200–202