xew

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hwápnas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”), from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with English sweven (“dream, vision”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛw/

Noun

xew f

  1. (uncountable) sleep

Derived terms

  • xew kirin

Wolof

Verb

xew

  1. to happen

Noun

xew (definite form xew mi)

  1. occasion, ceremony

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 259

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