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See also: whē and whẹ

Dogrib

Noun

whe

belt

Gun

Etymology 1

Whè lọ́

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

Alternative forms

hwè, òhwè, ohwè (Benin)
òwhè, owhè (Nigeria)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣʷè/

Noun

whè (plural whè lẹ́) (Nigeria)

sun

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé.^[2] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Aja (West Africa) axwe, Fon xwé and Ewe aƒe.

Alternative forms

xwé, òxwé, oxwé (Benin)
òwhé, owhé (Nigeria)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʷé/

Noun

whé (plural whé lẹ́) (Nigeria)

house

Etymology 3

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe.^[3] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Aja (West Africa) exwe, Fon xwè and Ewe ƒe.

Alternative forms

xwè, òxwè, oxwè (Benin)
òwhè, owhe (Nigeria)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʷè/

Noun

whè (plural whè lẹ́) (Nigeria)

year

References

^ 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
^ 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
^ 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

Hupa

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *šiˑ.

Pronoun

whe

I, me, as for me

References

Golla, Victor et al. (1996), Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition, Humboldt, California: Hoopa Valley Tribe, page 49

Isoko

Alternative forms

whẹ

Etymology

Cognate with Basaa wɛ (“2nd person singular pronoun”).

Pronoun

whe

Second person singular subject pronoun, you, thou

Derived terms

ụwhẹ (“you (object pronoun)”)

References

J. O. Okedi, E. O. Agbada, M. E. Umukoro, Ụbị Isase Isoko Rọ Kẹ JSS1 - Basic Education Certificate Exam (BECE) - (Upper Basic) - page 34

Middle English

Pronoun

whe

alternative form of we (“we”)

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