owi

See also: OWI and -owi

Translingual

Symbol

owi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Owiniga.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Owiniga terms

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• owe, noi

Etymology

From Middle High German abhin, abehin, equivalent to å + hi. Compare archaic German abhin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːβi/, /ˈɔːβe/

Adverb

owi

1. down (direction away from the speaker)

   Antonym: aufi

Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

Related terms

• owa

Jamamadí

Verb

owi

1. (Banawá) to cry

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vi/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvi
• Syllabification: o‧wi

Pronoun

owi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of ów