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wif

wif

See also: wif-

English

Alternative forms

Preposition

wif

  1. (informal, dialectal, eye dialect) with
    • 1998, Ted Shine, Contributions, ISBN 0822202387, page 31:
      That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes.
    • 2000, Jan King, It'a A Girl Thing: The Hilarious Truth About Women, ISBN 0740711318, page 161:
      I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps.
    • 2002, Stan Hayes, The Rough English Equivalent, ISBN 059524579X, page 324:
      If I don' have no problem wif my high school test?

Anagrams


Mapudungun

Adjective

wif (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. long
  2. straight

Adverb

wif (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. directly

Noun

wif (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. irrigation ditch

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wīf.

Noun

wif

  1. woman
  2. wife
    • ca. 1380: It cam in cuppemele this craft my wif used! William Langland, Piers Plowman
    • ca. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant's Tale
      That in a morwe unto this May saith he
      Rys up, my wif, my love, my lady fre

Descendants


Old English

wīf (wife)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībą, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wīf, Old Saxon wīf, Dutch wijf, Old High German vīp (German Weib (woman)), Old Norse víf (Danish viv). Tocharian B kwīpe, Tocharian A kip (****) and Albanian cipë (sense of shame, membrane) may be cognates, suggesting a Proto-Indo-European *gʰwih₂bʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

wīf n

  1. woman
  2. a married woman, a wife

Antonyms

  • wer (with respect to gender)

Descendants

Derived terms


Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībą, of uncertain origin.

Noun

wīf ?

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪf/

Adjective

wif (comp. wiffer, sup. wiffest)

  1. shaky
  2. impermanent
  3. fickle, indecisive