siwe

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See also: šiwə

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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siwe

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

Swahili

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Verb

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siwe

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

See also

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West Makian

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West Makian cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : siwe

Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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siwe (inanimate isiwe, animate dimsiwe, polite goisiwe)

  1. nine

Alternative forms

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References

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  • F. S. Watuseke (1982) West Makian, a Language of the North-Halmahéra Group of the West-Irian Phylum[1], Anthropological Linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics