# iwe
## Chichewa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.we/

### Pronoun

iwe
* you (second-person singular informal personal pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular | plural or formal |
| 1st person | ine | ife |
| 2nd person | iwe | inu |
| 3rd person | iye | iwo |

## Chuukese
### Conjunction

iwe
* so
* therefore

## Swahili
### Verb

iwe
* inflection of -wa:
** m-mi class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative
** n class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

## Tooro
### Pronunciation

IPA: /íːwe/

### Pronoun

iwe
* you (second-person singular personal pronoun)
    Ni iwe. ― It's you.

#### See also

| Class | Person | Independent | Possessive | Subject concord | Object concord | Combined forms | Combined forms |
| Class | Person | Independent | Possessive | Subject concord | Object concord | na | ni |
| Class 1 | First | nyowe, nye | -ange | n- | -n- | nanyowe, nanye | ninyowe, ninye |
| Class 1 | Second | iwe | -awe | o- | -ku- | naiwe | niiwe |
| Class 1 | Third | uwe | -e | a- | -mu- | nawe | nuwe |
| Class 2 | First | itwe | -aitu | tu- | -tu- | naitwe | niitwe |
| Class 2 | Second | inywe | -anyu | mu- | -ba- | nainywe | niinywe |
| Class 2 | Third | abo | -abo | ba- | -ba- | nabo | nubo |
| Class 3 | Class 3 | gwo | -agwo | gu- | -gu- | nagwo | nugwo |
| Class 4 | Class 4 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo |
| Class 5 | Class 5 | lyo | -alyo | li- | -li- | nalyo | niryo |
| Class 6 | Class 6 | go | -ago | ga- | -ga- | nago | nugo |
| Class 7 | Class 7 | kyo | -akyo | ki- | -ki- | nakyo | nikyo |
| Class 8 | Class 8 | byo | -abyo | bi- | -bi- | nabyo | nibyo |
| Class 9 | Class 9 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo |
| Class 10 | Class 10 | zo | -azo | zi- | -zi- | nazo | nizo |
| Class 11 | Class 11 | rwo | -arwo | ru- | -ru- | narwo | nurwo |
| Class 12 | Class 12 | ko | -ako | ka- | -ka- | nako | nuko |
| Class 13 | Class 13 | two | -atwo | tu- | -tu- | natwo | nutwo |
| Class 14 | Class 14 | bwo | -abwo | bu- | -bu- | nabwo | nubwo |
| Class 15 | Class 15 | kwo | -akwo | ku- | -ku- | nakwo | nukwo |
| Class 16 | Class 16 | ho | -aho | ha- | -ha- | naho | nuho |
| Class 17 | Class 17 | (kwo) | N/A | ha- (...-yo) | -ha- | N/A | nukwo |
| Class 18 | Class 18 | (mwo) | -amwo | ha- (...-mu) | -ha- | N/A | numwo |
| Reflexive | Reflexive | -enyini, -onyini | — | — | -e- | — | — |

### References

* Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411

## Tumbuka
### Pronoun

iwe
* you (second-person singular personal pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular | plural or formal |
| 1st person | ine | ise |
| 2nd person | iwe | imwe |
| 3rd person | iye | iwo |

## Venda
### Pronoun

iwe
* you; second-person singular pronoun.

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* ùwé
* eghé (Owe)

### Etymology 1

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ wé (“to bind, to wrap”), literally “That which can be bound”. Compare with Doublet of ewé

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.wé/

#### Noun

ìwé
* paper
    Synonyms: bébà, tákàdá, pépà
* document, letter
* book, publication
    Synonym: tírà
    wọ́n ń tẹ ìwé ― They were printing books
* a scientific or academic research document
* (by extension) learning, education

##### Derived terms

* atàwé (“bookseller”)
* ilé-ìwé (“school”)
* kọ̀wé (“to write (a book, letter)”)
* ọ̀mọ̀wé (“scholar”)
* sọ̀wédowó (“check”)
* sọ̀wédowó posọ́fíìsì (“money order”)
* àkójọ orúkọ-ìwé (“bibliography”)
* àpòòwé (“envelope”)
* ìwé abọ́dúndé (“yearbook”)
* ìwé atúmọ̀ gbogbogbòò (“encyclopedia”)
* ìwé ẹ̀bẹ̀ (“petition”)
* ìwé ẹ̀sùn-líle (“indictment”)
* ìwé iṣẹ́-àmúṣe (“workbook”)
* ìwé pẹlẹbẹ (“pamphlet”)
* ìwé àkọsílẹ̀ (“notepad, written document”)
* ìwé àṣekágbá (“essay, school report”)
* ìwé ìpenilẹ́jọ (“summons”)
* ìwé ìpààrọ̀-owó (“bill of exchange”)
* ìwé ìròyìn (“newspaper”)
* ìwé-afúnniláṣẹ (“charter”)
* ìwé-ẹlẹ́yìn-páálí (“hardback”)
* ìwé-ẹlẹ́yìnfẹ́lẹ́ (“paperback”)
* ìwé-ẹ̀rí (“testimonial, certificate”)
* ìwé-ẹ̀rí afàṣẹ-ìṣẹ̀dáfúnni (“patent letter”)
* ìwé-ẹ̀rí dípúlómà (“diploma”)
* ìwé-ẹ̀rí ẹ̀bùn (“gift certificate”)
* ìwé-ẹ̀rí Ẹ́ń-siì (“Nigerian NCE certificate”)
* ìwé-ẹ̀rí àsósó (“associate's degree”)
* ìwé-ilé (“rent lease”)
* ìwé-ọkọ̀ (“travel ticket”)
* ìwé-pàpàírọ̀ (“papyrus”)
* ìwé-rìsíìtì (“receipt”)
* ìwé-sọ̀wédowó (“cheque, checkbook”)
* ìwé-àdákọ́ (“preparatory school”)
* ìwé-àdéhùn (“contract, written agreement, deed”)
* ìwé-àfọwọ́kọ (“manuscript”)
* ìwé-àjákọ (“loose sheet of paper”)
* ìwé-àkọsílẹ̀ ìsanwó-iṣẹ́ (“voucher”)
* ìwé-àkànlò (“textbook”)
* ìwé-àkàsóde (“reading out loud”)
* ìwé-àlẹ̀kéde (“poster”)
* ìwé-àṣẹ (“license, warrant”)
* ìwé-àtìgbàdégbà (“journal”)
* ìwé-ìbò (“ballot paper”)
* ìwé-ìbúra (“affidavit”)
* ìwé-ìhagún (“written will”)
* ìwé-ìlèwọ́ (“brochure”)
* ìwé-ìlérí ẹgbẹ́-òṣèlú (“manifesto”)
* ìwé-ìpẹ̀jọ́ (“court summon”)
* ìwé-ìpè (“circular”)
* ìwé-ìpíngún (“written will”)
* ìwé-ìrìnnàlọ-sórílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“passport”)
* ìwé-ìtàn (“history book, story book”)
* ìwé-ìtàn-àròsọ (“novel”)

### Etymology 2

Coganates with Ifẹ̀ Yoruba ighe, Èkìtì & Ìjẹ̀bú Yoruba uwe

#### Alternative forms

* owe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.wē/

#### Noun

iwe
* (zootomy) gizzard
* kidney
    Synonyms: erè-inú, kíndìnrín

### Etymology 3

Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.wé/

#### Pronoun

ìwé
* (Ijebu) this

##### Derived terms

* ibéwèé (“this place”)
* ìwéwèé (“this one”)

##### Related terms

* wèé (“this”)
* ọ̀wọ̀nwé (“these”)
* wọ̀nwé (“these”)
* ọ̀wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“those”)
* wọ̀nyẹ̀n (“those”)
* ìyẹ̀n (“that”)
* yẹ̀n (“that”)