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)

1. life

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lewe (present lewe, present participle lewende, past participle gelewe)

1. alternative form of leef

Fijian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• le (short form)

Noun

lewe

1. person, people (individual)

   lewe lima ― five people

   Lewe vica?

   How many people?

2. member, personnel (one who belongs to a group)

   lewe ni waqa ― crew members of a boat

3. population (people of a given place)

   na lewenivanua ― the population/commoners

Derived terms

• lewe ni waqa (“crewmembers”)
• lewe-vinaka (“quorum”)
• lewenivale (“household members”)
• lewenivanua (“commoners, ordinary people, population”)

Etymology 2

Likely related to the above.

Noun

lewe-na

1. (anatomy) flesh (body tissue of humans or animals)

   na lewe ni manumanu ― the flesh of animals/meat

2. contents (that which is contained)

   lewe ni lovo ― contents of the earth oven/food in the oven

   lewe ni ivola ― contents of a book

3. (botany) basal stem, rhizome (especially of kava)

   na lewena [ni yaqona] ― the basal stem [of kava]

Derived terms

• dro na lewe ni yava-na (leg cramp from cold)
• lewe ni lovo (food in earth oven)
• lewe ni manumanu (“meat”)
• lewena (“kava rhizome”)
• vakalewena (“to fill out (a form)”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “lewe”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 140–1

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lewo, from Latin leō.

Noun

lêwe m

1. lion

Inflection

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lêwe	lêwen
accusative	lêwe	lêwen
genitive	lêwen	lêwen
dative	lêwe	lêwen

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

1. alternative form of lef (“leaf”)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• lawe (Goesharde)
• lewwe (Heligoland)
• laawe (Mooring)
• lewi (Sylt)
• lääwe (Wiedingharde)

Etymology

From Old Frisian leva, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”).

Verb

lewe

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to live

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German leben, Dutch leven, English live.

Verb

lewe

1. to live

   Ich will lewe!

   I want to live!

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛvɛ
• Syllabification: le‧we
• Homophone: lewę

Adjective

lewe

1. inflection of lewy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural