xwe

Translingual

Symbol

xwe

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Xwela Gbe.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Xwela Gbe terms

Gun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé.[1] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Adja axwe, Fon xwé and Ewe aƒe.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʷé/

Noun

xwé (plural xwé lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. house
Derived terms
  • xwégbè (“house”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe.[2] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Adja exwe, Fon xwè and Ewe ƒe.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʷè/

Noun

xwè (plural xwè lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. year

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 217
  2. ^ 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), pages 215, 225

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”).

Pronoun

xwe

  1. oneself
  2. one's own
    Xwarina xwe bixwe! ― Eat your meal!
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