wi-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wi"

Lakota

Prefix

wi-

2. noun of an tool or instrument marker.
4. female; to do with womanhood.
6. to do with arrowheads.

Synonyms

• (arrowhead): wa-, waŋ-

Derived terms

Lakota terms prefixed with wi- (tool)

wíkȟaŋ

wípablaye

wíčazo

Lakota terms prefixed with wi- (female)

witkówiŋ

wiyela

wíŋyaŋ

wičhíŋčala

Potawatomi

Etymology

Compare Ojibwe wii-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi/

Preverb

wi-

1. prospective future tense marker

References

• “wi”, in Online Potawatomi Dictionary‎^[1], Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 2026
• Hunter Thompson Lockwood (2017) How the Potawatomi Language Lives: A Grammar of Potawatomi (Thesis)‎^[2], University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 186

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wäi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwey-, cognate to Tocharian A wi-.

Verb

wi-

1. to frighten

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wi-]

Prefix

wi-

1. Allomorph of w- (first-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant.

Inflection

Ye'kwana personal markers

pronoun noun possessor/ series II verb argument postposition object series I verb argument transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1 w-, wi- first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-1 second person amödö ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- m-, mi- first person dual exclusive nña y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1 chö- ∅- n-, ni- third person tüwü n-, ni- distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini- coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- — reciprocal — — öö- With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable. series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient 1st person > 2nd person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni- 1st person dual exclusive > 2nd person 2nd person > 1st person k-, kü-, ku-, ki- 2nd person > 1st person dual exclusive 3rd person > any person X …or… any person X > 3rd person see person X in the chart above