iwe

See also: iwę, Iwę, and îwe

Chichewa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.we/

Pronoun

iwe

  1. you (second-person singular informal personal pronoun)

See also
Chichewa personal pronouns
singular plural or formal
1st person ine ife
2nd person iwe inu
3rd person iye iwo

Chuukese

Conjunction

iwe

  1. so
  2. therefore

Swahili

Verb

iwe

  1. inflection of -wa:
    1. m-mi class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative
    2. n class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

Tumbuka

Pronoun

iwe

  1. you (second-person singular personal pronoun)

See also
Tumbuka personal pronouns
singular plural or formal
1st person ine ise
2nd person iwe imwe
3rd person iye iwo

Venda

Pronoun

iwe

  1. you; second-person plural pronoun.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wé (“to bind, to wrap”), literally “That which can be bound”. Compare with Doublet of ewé

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.wé/

Noun

ìwé

  1. paper
    Synonyms: bébà, tákàdá, pépà
  2. document, letter
  3. book, publication
    wọ́n ń tẹ ìwé ― They were printing books
  4. a scientific or academic research document
  5. (by extension) learning, education
Derived terms
  • àkójọ orúkọ-ìwé (“bibliography”)
  • àpòòwé (“envelope”)
  • atàwé (“bookseller”)
  • ilé-ìwé (“school”)
  • ìwé abọ́dúndé (“yearbook”)
  • ìwé àkọsílẹ̀ (“notepad, written document”)
  • ìwé àṣekágbá (“essay, school report”)
  • ìwé atúmọ̀ gbogbogbòò (“encyclopedia”)
  • ìwé ẹ̀bẹ̀ (“petition”)
  • ìwé ẹ̀sùn-líle (“indictment”)
  • ìwé ìpààrọ̀-owó (“bill of exchange”)
  • ìwé ìpenilẹ́jọ (“summons”)
  • ìwé ìròyìn (“newspaper”)
  • ìwé iṣẹ́-àmúṣe (“workbook”)
  • ìwé pẹlẹbẹ (“pamphlet”)
  • ìwé-àdákọ́ (“preparatory school”)
  • ìwé-àdéhùn (“contract, written agreement, deed”)
  • ìwé-àfọwọ́kọ (“manuscript”)
  • ìwé-afúnniláṣẹ (“charter”)
  • ìwé-àjákọ (“loose sheet of paper”)
  • ìwé-àkànlò (“textbook”)
  • ìwé-àkàsóde (“reading out loud”)
  • ìwé-àkọsílẹ̀ ìsanwó-iṣẹ́ (“voucher”)
  • ìwé-àlẹ̀kéde (“poster”)
  • ìwé-àṣẹ (“license, warrant”)
  • ìwé-àtìgbàdégbà (“journal”)
  • ìwé-ẹlẹ́yìn-páálí (“hardback”)
  • ìwé-ẹlẹ́yìnfẹ́lẹ́ (“paperback”)
  • ìwé-ẹ̀rí afàṣẹ-ìṣẹ̀dáfúnni (“patent letter”)
  • ìwé-ẹ̀rí àsósó (“associate's degree”)
  • ìwé-ẹ̀rí dípúlómà (“diploma”)
  • ìwé-ẹ̀rí ẹ̀bùn (“gift certificate”)
  • ìwé-ẹ̀rí Ẹ́ń-siì (“Nigerian NCE certificate”)
  • ìwé-ẹ̀rí (“testimonial, certificate”)
  • ìwé-ìbò (“ballot paper”)
  • ìwé-ìbúra (“affidavit”)
  • ìwé-ìhagún (“written will”)
  • ìwé-ilé (“rent lease”)
  • ìwé-ìlérí ẹgbẹ́-òṣèlú (“manifesto”)
  • ìwé-ìlèwọ́ (“brochure”)
  • ìwé-ìpè (“circular”)
  • ìwé-ìpẹ̀jọ́ (“court summon”)
  • ìwé-ìpíngún (“written will”)
  • ìwé-ìrìnnàlọ-sórílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“passport”)
  • ìwé-ìtàn (“history book, story book”)
  • ìwé-ìtàn-àròsọ (“novel”)
  • ìwé-ọkọ̀ (“travel ticket”)
  • ìwé-pàpàírọ̀ (“papyrus”)
  • ìwé-rìsíìtì (“receipt”)
  • ìwé-sọ̀wédowó (“cheque, checkbook”)
  • kọ̀wé (“to write (a book, letter)”)
  • ọ̀mọ̀wé (“scholar”)
  • sọ̀wédowó posọ́fíìsì (“money order”)
  • sọ̀wédowó (“check”)

Etymology 2
Iwe adìyẹ

Coganates with Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ighe, Èkìtì & Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba uwe

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ī.wē/

Noun

iwe

  1. (zootomy) gizzard
  2. kidney
    Synonyms: erè-inú, kíndìnrín

Etymology 3

Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ì.wé/

Pronoun

ìwé

  1. (Ijebu) this
Derived terms
  • ibéwèé (“this place”)
  • ìwéwèé (“this one”)
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