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{{also|Wi|WI|wi-|wi'|w/i|.wi|wī|Wī}}
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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/wɪ/|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Variant of {{m|en|we}}.

====Pronoun====
{{en-pron|desc=personal pronoun}}

# {{lb|en|Geordie}} [[us]]
#: {{ux|en|Are yee commin with '''wi''' or not?}}

===Etymology 2===
Variant of {{m|en|with}}.

====Preposition====
{{en-prep}}

# {{lb|en|Yorkshire}} [[with]]
#: {{ux|en|Are-ta doin owt '''wi''' this?
}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=iw|I.W.}}

==Abinomn==

===Noun===
{{head|bsa|noun}}

# [[water]]
# [[rain]]

==Agutaynen==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|agn|phi-kal-pro|*waʔi}}, {{m|phi-kal-pro|*waʔikʔ}}, from {{inh|agn|poz-pro|*wahiʀ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|agn|/wiiʔ/}}

===Noun===
{{head|agn|noun}}

# [[water]]

===Further reading===
* Ronald S. Himes, ''[http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/ical/papers/himes-Kalamian.pdf The Kalamian microgroup of Philippine languages]'', in the ''Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines'', (2006, Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International), page 7
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150511223834/http://www-01.sil.org/asia/philippines/lit/agn_Mga_bitalang_pangaldaw-kaldaw_(Everyday_words_and_expressions)_2006.PDF Mga bitalang pangaldaw-kaldaw ,An Agutaynen-Filipino-English Phrasebook]'' (2006, SIL Philippines)

==Ajië==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|aji|[wi]}}

===Noun===
{{head|aji|noun}}

# [[man]]

===References===
* {{R:ABVD|lang=Houaïlou|id=1188|cite={{cite-book|author=Leenhardt, M.|year=1935|title=Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou|publisher=Institut d'ethnologie|location=Paris}}.}}
* {{R:ABVD|lang=Ajiø|id=1482|cite={{cite-book|author=Leenhardt, M.|year=1946|title=Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie}}.}}

{{topics|aji|People}}

==Alemannic German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|gsw|Wii|Wi|Wy}}
* {{alter|gsw|wii|wéin||Italian Walser}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gsw|gmh|wīn}}, from {{inh|gsw|goh|wīn}}, from {{inh|gsw|gmw-pro|*wīn}}, from {{der|gsw|la|vīnum}}.

===Noun===
{{head|gsw|noun|g=m}}

# {{lb|gsw|Gressoney|Carcoforo|Rimella}} [[wine]]

===References===
* {{R:Patuzzi}}

{{topics|gsw|Food and drink|Wine|Zymurgy}}

==Caac==

===Verb===
{{head|msq|verb}}

# to [[bite]]

===References===
* Claire Moyse-Faurie, ''Constructions expressing middle, reflexive and reciprocal situations in some Oceanic languages'', in ''Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations''

==Cameroon Pidgin==

===Pronoun===
{{head|wes|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# {{alt sp|wes|we|t=1st person plural subject and object personal pronoun}}

===Determiner===
{{head|wes|determiner|cat2=possessive determiners}}

# {{alt sp|wes|we|t=1st person plural [[possessive determiner]]}}

==Chaap Wuurong==

===Noun===
{{head|tjw|noun}}

# [[fire]]

===References===
* '''1993''', among the ''La Trobe working papers in linguistics'', volumes 6-8, page 8:
*: {{quote|tjw|The Wimmera language and Tjapwurrung can be distinguished by the following criterial words:<br>[English] Wimmera Tjapwurrung<br>{{...}}<br>''fire'' wanyap wi}}

==Egyptian==

===Romanization===
{{head|egy|romanization}}

# {{egy-alt tr|wj|type=Manuel de Codage}}

==Fijian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*wī}}; cognate with {{cog|sm|wī}}, {{cog|to|vī}} and {{cog|haw|wī}}.

===Noun===
{{head|fj|noun}}

# [[ambarella]], {{taxfmt|Spondias dulcis|species}}.

===References===
* {{R:Pollex|wii}}
* {{cite-book|entry=wi|title=Fijian-English Dictionary|first=Ronald|last=Gatty|year=2009|publisher=Ronald Gatty|location=Suva, Fiji|page=323|ISBN=978-982-98047-1-6}}

==Folopa==

===Noun===
{{head|ppo|noun|head=wị}}

# {{lb|ppo|Suri}} [[water]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ppo|wei|wẹị}} {{qualifier|Boro, Tebera}}
* {{l|ppo|ipi}} {{qualifier|Sopese}}

===References===
* Karl J. Franklin, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070551/http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/10745/Comp_Wordlist_Gulfdistrict.pdf Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas]'' (1975), page 67

==Fyam==

===Noun===
{{head|pym|noun}}

# [[sun]]

==Haitian Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ht|fr|oui}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ht|/wi/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|ht|adverb}}

# [[yes]]

====Antonyms====
* {{l|ht|non}}

==Iban==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|iba|poz-mly-pro|*hui}}, from {{inh|iba|poz-pro|*quay}}, from {{inh|iba|map-pro|*quay||rattan}}. Cognate with {{cog|kaw|hwi}}, {{cog|tl|uway}}.

===Noun===
{{head|iba|noun}}

# [[rattan]]

==Jamaican Creole==

===Etymology===
{{der+|jam|en|we}}. Compare {{cog|srn|wi}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|jam|/ˈwiː/}}
* {{hyphenation|jam|wi}}

===Pronoun===
{{jam-pron}}

# [[we]]
#: {{uxi|jam|'''Wi''' cyaan tek it nuh more!|We can't take it any more.}}
#* {{quote-book|en
|author=Richard Bingy Brown
|isbn=978-1-4628-8147-5
|page=58
|passage=“If de herbs '''wi''' get is good, dem will want lots more by next week {{...}}”
|termlang=jam
|title=Living the Dream
|year=2011
}}
# [[our]]
#: {{ux|jam|'''Wi''' house a buil' a St. Catherine.|'''Our''' new house is being built in St. Catherine.}}
#* {{quote-book|jam
|author=Michael Parchment
|isbn=
|page=11
|passage=“All di nice time was fi dem,<br />Dem tek '''wi''' black sista and use dem,<br />Dem starve we di men,<br />Wanting us not to be friend.<br />Thinking we ago rebel against dem  {{...}}”
|termlang=jam
|title=My Freedom Voice
|translation=Only they enjoyed themselves,<br />They took away '''our''' black sisters and used them,<br />They starved us -- the men,<br />They didn't want us to be friends.<br />They thought we would rebel against them  {{...}}
|year=1986
}}
# [[us]]
#: {{ux|jam|Dem see '''wi''' a mek it an' dem vex.|They see '''us''' getting ahead and they're angry.}}
#* {{quote-book|en
|author=Dave Collymore
|isbn=978-0-557-48317-4
|page=128
|passage=“(Weh mi seh) young people mek '''wi''' arise<br />Mek '''wi''' trus God, pon him wi depen {{...}}”
|termlang=jam
|title=平和と愛の詩的表現: Poetic Expressions of Peace and Love
|translation=(What did I say?) Young people let '''us''' arise<br />Let '''us''' trust God who we depend on {{...}}
|year=2010
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|jam|mi}}
* {{l|jam|yuh}}
* {{l|jam|im}}
* {{l|jam|har}}
* {{l|jam|shi}}
* {{l|jam|unnu}}
* {{l|jam|dem}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:jam:Allsopp|594}}
* {{R:jam:Jamaicans}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ゐ}}
# {{ja-romanization of|ヰ}}
# {{ja-romanization of|うぃ}}
# {{ja-romanization of|ウィ}}

==Kom (Cameroon)==

===Noun===
{{head|bkm|noun|plural|ghɨki}}

# [[woman]], [[female]]
# [[wife]]

===References===
* Randy Jones, ''Provisional Kom - English lexicon'' (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

==Kumak==

===Noun===
{{head|nee|noun}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* I. Bril, ''Dictionnaire Nelemwa-Nixumwak'' (2000)

==Mauritian Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{der|mfe|fr|oui}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mfe|/wi/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|mfe|adverb}}

# [[yes]]; a word used to indicate [[agreement]] or acceptance

====Antonyms====
* {{l|mfe|non}}

==Middle Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|dum|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}
From {{inh|dum|odt|wī}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|dum|/wiː/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|dum|pronoun}}

# [[we]]

====Inflection====
{{dum-decl-ppron}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nl|wij}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:VMNW|ID90332}}
* {{R:MNW|72991|I}}

==Middle Low German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|gml|wy}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gml|/wiː/}}
* {{lb|gml|possibly, can't be discerned from written language}} '''[[Wiktionary:About_Middle_Low_German#Stem_vowels|Stem vowel]]: ê⁴'''
** {{IPA|gml|/wiə/|/wiɛ/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gml|osx|wī}}, from {{inh|gml|gmw-pro|*wiʀ}}, from {{inh|gml|gem-pro|*wiz}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|gml|pronoun|head=wî}}

# {{lb|gml|personal|first person singular nominative}} [[we]]

=====Declension=====
{{gml-perpron}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|nds-nl|wi}}
* {{desc|nds-de|wi|wî}}
*: {{desc|pdt|wie}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|gml|osx|hwē}} or a dialectal variation thereof, from {{inh|gml|gem-pro|*hwaz}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|gml|pronoun|head=wî}}

# {{lb|gml|interrogative}} {{alternative form of|gml|wê}}.

==North Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|frr|ofs|wī}}, from {{inh|frr|gem-pro|*wīz}}, from {{inh|frr|ine-pro|*wéy}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|frr|pronoun}} {{lb|frr|Föhr-Amrum}}

# {{l|en|we}} {{gloss|first-person plural personal pronoun}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|frr|'f||reduced form}}
* {{alt|frr|we||Mooring}}
* {{alt|frr|wü||Sylt}}

===See also===
{{frr-Foehr-personal-pronouns}}

==Old Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*wiʀ}}, from {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*wīz}}, from {{inh|odt|ine-pro|*wéy}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|odt|pronoun|head=wī}}

# [[we]]

====Inflection====
{{odt-pron-pers}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|dum|wi}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:ONW|3872}}

==Old Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*wiʀ}}, from {{inh|ofs|gem-pro|*wīz}}, from {{inh|ofs|ine-pro|*wéy}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|ofs|pronoun|head=wī}}

# [[we]]

====Inflection====
{{ofs-decl-ppron}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|frr|wi|wü}}
* {{desc|stq|wie}}
* {{desc|fy|wy}}

==Old Saxon==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|osx|gem-pro|*wīz}}, from {{inh|osx|ine-pro|*wéy}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|osx|pronoun|head=wī}}

# [[we]]

====Declension====
{{osx-decl-ppron}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|gml|wî}}

==Ottawa==

===Pronoun===
{{head|otw|pronoun|g=in-s|plural|niwi}}

# [[that]]

===References===
{{R:oj:Valentine:2001|page=123}}

==Pnar==
{{cardinalbox|pbv|0|1|2|nod|ar|ord=[[nyngkong]]}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pbv|aav-khs-pro|*wiː}}, likely from {{der|pbv|mkh-pro|*muuj|*muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ}} with the loss of initial ''*m-''. Cognate with {{cog|kha|wei}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pbv|/wi/}}

===Numeral===
{{head|pbv|numeral}}

# {{lb|pbv|cardinal}} [[one]]

==Scots==

===Preposition===
{{sco-prep}}

# [[with]]

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|sco|wi'}}

==Seychellois Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{der|crs|fr|oui}}.

===Interjection===
{{head|crs|interjection}}

# [[yes]]

==Shuar==

===Pronoun===
{{head|jiv|pronoun}}

# [[I]], [[first person]] [[singular]]

===References===
* ''Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano''

==Sranan Tongo==

===Etymology===
From {{der|srn|en|we}}. Compare {{cog|jam|wi}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|srn|/wi/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|srn|pronoun}}

# {{l|en|we}}, {{l|en|us}}

===Determiner===
{{head|srn|determiner}}

# {{l|en|our}}

==Tocharian B==
{{enum|txb|ṣe|trai|cardinal numbers}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|txb|ine-toc-pro}}, from {{inh|txb|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}}. Compare {{cog|xto|wu}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|txb|numeral|g=m|g2=f|cat2=cardinal numbers}}

# [[two]]

==Vilamovian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|wym|Wym-wi (wersja Józefa Gary).ogg}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|wym|pronoun}}

# {{rfdef|wym}}

==West Makian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mqs|/wi/}}

===Noun===
{{head|mqs|noun}}

# [[tooth]]

===References===
* {{R:mqs:Voorhoeve:1982}}

==Yola==

===Preposition===
{{head|yol|preposition}}

# {{alt form|yol|wee||with}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|page=32|title=GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=A war cowdealeen '''wi''' ooree.|translation=They were scolding '''with''' one another.}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|line=6-7|page=114|title=CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage='''wi''' vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte '''wi''' yer name;|translation=to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|line=9-11|page=114|title=CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth '''wi''' gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,|translation=In each and every condition it is '''with''' joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|line=6-8|page=116|title=CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès '''wi''' plou,|translation=In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses '''in''' the plough,}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|line=9-10|page=116|title=CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage='''Wi''' Irishmen owre generale hopes be ee-bond——|translation='''With''' Irishmen our common hopes are inseparably bound up——}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|line=12-14|page=116|title=CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=shorne o'lournagh an ee-vilt '''wi''' benisons, an yerzel an oure gude Zovereine,|translation=free from melancholy and full '''of''' blessings, for yourself and our good Sovereign,}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=32}}

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|yo|/wí/}}

====Noun====
{{yo-pos|noun|wí}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|name|W|w}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letter names/yo}}

===Etymology 2===

====Alternative forms====
*{{alter|yo|gwí}}

====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|yo|/wí/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-pos|verb|wí}}

# to [[say]]
#: {{syn|yo|ní|sọ|fọ̀}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|yo|/wī/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-pos|verb|wi}}

# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[throb]]

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
* {{yo-IPA|wì}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|wì}}

# to [[singe]]; to [[scorch]]
#: {{syn|yo|sun|yan}}
#: {{uxi|yo|Òòrẹ̀ ní ń ṣẹ́gi tí a ó fi '''wì''' í|The porcupine gathers the wood with which we will '''singe''' it}}