lewe
See also: lewę
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪəvə/
Etymology 1
From Dutch leven (noun), from Middle Dutch leven.
Noun
lewe (plural lewes or lewens, diminutive lewetjie)
- life
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lewe (present lewe, present participle lewende, past participle gelewe)
- Alternative form of leef
Fijian
Noun
lewe
- flesh
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch lewo, from Latin leō.
Noun
lêwe m
- lion
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: leeuw
- Afrikaans: leeu
- Negerhollands: leeuw
- → Papiamentu: leeuw (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: lew
- Limburgish: lieëf, liew
- West Flemish: lêeuw
Further reading
- “lewe (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “leeuwe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page leeuwe
Middle English
Noun
lewe
- Alternative form of leef
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German leben, Dutch leven, English live.
Verb
lewe
- to live
- Ich will lewe!
- I want to live!
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.vɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛvɛ
- Syllabification: le‧we
- Homophone: lewę
Adjective
lewe
- inflection of lewy:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural