siwe

See also: šiwə

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɕi.vɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ivɛ
  • Syllabification: si‧we
  • Homophones: Siwe, Śiwę

Adjective

siwe

  1. inflection of siwy:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swahili

Verb

siwe

  1. second-person singular object of si-; it is not you
    Antonym: ndiwe

See also
Emphatic copula negative (si-)
Singular Plural
1st person simi, siye sio
2nd person siwe, siye sinyi, sio
3rd person m-wa(I/II) siye sio
m-mi(III/IV) sio siyo
ji-ma(V/VI) silo siyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) sicho sivyo
n(IX/X) siyo sizo
u(XI) sio see n(X) or ma(VI)
ku(XV/XVII) siko
pa(XVI) sipo
mu(XVIII) simo
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

West Makian
West Makian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : siwe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪i.we/

Numeral

siwe (inanimate isiwe, animate dimsiwe, polite goisiwe)

  1. nine

Alternative forms

References
  • F. S. Watuseke (1982) West Makian, a Language of the North-Halmahéra Group of the West-Irian Phylum‎, Anthropological Linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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