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xwe

Translingual

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xwe

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Xwela Gbe.

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Gun

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Gbe *-χʷé.[1] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwé, Aja (West Africa) axwe, Fon xwé and Ewe aƒe.

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Noun

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xwé (plural xwé lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. house
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Gbe *-χʷe.[2] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe oxwè, Aja (West Africa) exwe, Fon xwè and Ewe ƒe.

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Noun

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xwè (plural xwè lɛ́) (Benin)

  1. year

References

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  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 217
  2. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), pages 215, 225

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *hwáh, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”).

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xwe

  1. oneself
  2. one's own
    Xwarina xwe bixwe! ― Eat your meal!
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