xew

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hwápnas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”), from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with English sweven (“dream, vision”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛw/

Noun

xew f

1. (uncountable) sleep

Derived terms

• xew kirin

Related terms

• xewn

Wolof

Verb

xew

1. to happen

Noun

xew (definite form xew mi)

1. occasion, ceremony

References

• Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 259