"xwe" meaning in Gun

See xwe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xʷé/ Forms: xwé [canonical], xwé lɛ́ [plural], whé [alternative, Nigeria], òwhé [alternative, Nigeria], owhé [alternative, Nigeria], òxwé [alternative], oxwé [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Aja (West Africa) axwe, Fon xwé and Ewe aƒe. Etymology templates: {{inh|guw|alv-gbe-pro|*-χʷé}} Proto-Gbe *-χʷé, {{cog|sxw|oxwé}} Saxwe Gbe oxwé, {{cog|ajg|axwe}} Aja (West Africa) axwe, {{cog|fon|xwé}} Fon xwé, {{cog|ee|aƒe}} Ewe aƒe Head templates: {{head|guw|noun|plural|xwé lɛ́|head=xwé}} xwé (plural xwé lɛ́), {{tlb|guw|Benin}} (Benin)
  1. house Derived forms: xwégbè (english: house)
    Sense id: en-xwe-guw-noun-1uIShmIa Categories (other): Beninese Gun, Gun entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beninese Gun: 50 50 Disambiguation of Gun entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /xʷè/ Forms: xwè [canonical], xwè lɛ́ [plural], whè [alternative, Nigeria], òwhè [alternative, Nigeria], owhè [alternative, Nigeria], òxwè [alternative], oxwè [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Aja (West Africa) exwe, Fon xwè and Ewe ƒe. Etymology templates: {{inh|guw|alv-gbe-pro|*-χʷe}} Proto-Gbe *-χʷe, {{cog|sxw|oxwè}} Saxwe Gbe oxwè, {{cog|ajg|exwe}} Aja (West Africa) exwe, {{cog|fon|xwè}} Fon xwè, {{cog|ee|ƒe}} Ewe ƒe Head templates: {{head|guw|noun|plural|xwè lɛ́|head=xwè}} xwè (plural xwè lɛ́), {{tlb|guw|Benin}} (Benin)
  1. year
    Sense id: en-xwe-guw-noun-TLTqJVg8 Categories (other): Beninese Gun, Gun entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beninese Gun: 50 50 Disambiguation of Gun entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-χʷé"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-χʷé",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "oxwé"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe oxwé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "axwe"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) axwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "xwé"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon xwé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "aƒe"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe aƒe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Aja (West Africa) axwe, Fon xwé and Ewe aƒe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xwé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xwé lɛ́",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òwhé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owhé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òxwé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oxwé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "xwé lɛ́",
        "head": "xwé"
      },
      "expansion": "xwé (plural xwé lɛ́)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beninese Gun",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "house",
          "translation": "house",
          "word": "xwégbè"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "house"
      ],
      "id": "en-xwe-guw-noun-1uIShmIa",
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xwe"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-χʷe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-χʷe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "oxwè"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe oxwè",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "exwe"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) exwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "xwè"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon xwè",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "ƒe"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe ƒe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Aja (West Africa) exwe, Fon xwè and Ewe ƒe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xwè",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xwè lɛ́",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òwhè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owhè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òxwè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oxwè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "xwè lɛ́",
        "head": "xwè"
      },
      "expansion": "xwè (plural xwè lɛ́)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beninese Gun",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "year"
      ],
      "id": "en-xwe-guw-noun-TLTqJVg8",
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷè/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xwe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beninese Gun",
    "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gun lemmas",
    "Gun nouns",
    "Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
    "Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
    "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
    "Northern Kurdish pronouns",
    "Northern Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Northern Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "house",
      "translation": "house",
      "word": "xwégbè"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-χʷé"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-χʷé",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "oxwé"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe oxwé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "axwe"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) axwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "xwé"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon xwé",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "aƒe"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe aƒe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Aja (West Africa) axwe, Fon xwé and Ewe aƒe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xwé",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xwé lɛ́",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òwhé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owhé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òxwé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oxwé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "xwé lɛ́",
        "head": "xwé"
      },
      "expansion": "xwé (plural xwé lɛ́)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "house"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷé/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xwe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Beninese Gun",
    "Gun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Gun lemmas",
    "Gun nouns",
    "Gun terms derived from Proto-Gbe",
    "Gun terms inherited from Proto-Gbe",
    "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
    "Northern Kurdish pronouns",
    "Northern Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Northern Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "alv-gbe-pro",
        "3": "*-χʷe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Gbe *-χʷe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sxw",
        "2": "oxwè"
      },
      "expansion": "Saxwe Gbe oxwè",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajg",
        "2": "exwe"
      },
      "expansion": "Aja (West Africa) exwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fon",
        "2": "xwè"
      },
      "expansion": "Fon xwè",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ee",
        "2": "ƒe"
      },
      "expansion": "Ewe ƒe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Aja (West Africa) exwe, Fon xwè and Ewe ƒe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xwè",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xwè lɛ́",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "whè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òwhè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owhè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Nigeria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "òxwè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oxwè",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "xwè lɛ́",
        "head": "xwè"
      },
      "expansion": "xwè (plural xwè lɛ́)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "guw",
        "2": "Benin"
      },
      "expansion": "(Benin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gun",
  "lang_code": "guw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "year"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xʷè/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xwe"
}

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