weyn

Middle English

Noun

weyn

1. (Northern) alternative form of wyn (“wine”)

Somali

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Somaloid *wéìn, from Proto-Cushitic *wayn- (“to grow; to become”).

Cognate with Maay wiin, Garre wiin, Aweer wii, Rendille ween, Jiiddu wuné, Yaaku -ein, Awngi ዋኒ (wanni), Beja win.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwéìn/
• Hyphenation: weyn

Adjective

wèyn (plural waaweyn)

1. big

References

• “weyn”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012
• Reinisch, Leo (1902), Die Somali-Sprache (in German), volume 2, Wien, Austria, page 386