ווּאִי

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Judeo-Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun[edit]

ווּאִי (vuʾi /vui/)

  1. you (second-person plural personal pronoun)
    • 16th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים (Nəvīʾīm, Prophets) (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 7, leaf 1, lines 15–17:
      אֵי פַֿארַאייוֹ אַלְבֵירְגַארֵי ווּאִי אִין לוּ לוּקוֹ קוּוֵיסְטוֹ אִין לַה טֵירַה קֵי דֵיטִי אַה לִי פַאטֵירִי ווּסְטֵירִי אַה דַא סֵינְפֵירֵי אֵי פִֿינַה סֵינְפֵירֵי׃ (Judeo-Roman)
      ʾe faʾraʾyyo ʾaləberəgaʾre vuʾi ʾin lu luqo quvesəṭo ʾin lah ṭerah qe deṭi ʾah li paʾṭeri vusəṭeri ʾah daʾ senəpere ʾe finah senəpere.
      /E farajjo albergare vui in lu luco questo, in la terra che detti a li pateri vusteri, a da senpere e fina senpere./
      And I'll have you dwell in this place, in the land I gave to your forefathers, for ever and ever.

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