xhe

xhe

Middle English

Pronoun

xhe

1. Alternative form of sche

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Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɧə]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 喝 (“to drink”).

Verb

xhe

1. to eat

   ha-jhege kuize-liangge huan xhe-di-li.

   Chinese people [in general] eat with chopsticks.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 49)

   Synonym: qe

2. to drink

   ni kafei xhe-zhe-mu cha xhe-zhe?

   Would you like to drink coffee or tea?

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 202)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 河.

Noun

xhe

1. river

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN