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hwe

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See also: hwə, hwə́, and hwɛ

Akan

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Verb

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hwe (Twi)

  1. to flog, whip
    Synonyms: birim, bo, twa mmaa, twa mpire

References

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  • LearnAkan (2018–present), “flog”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)
  • LearnAkan (2018–present), “whip”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Bassa

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hwe

  1. witchcraft

References

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Gun

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Hwè lọ́

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hwè (Benin)

  1. sun

References

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  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

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hwe

  1. alternative form of kwe

References

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

Middle English

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Pronoun

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hwe

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

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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hwē m or f

  1. who

Declension

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

Descendants

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