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==Bemé== | ==Bemé== | ||
===Pronunciation=== | |||
(''[[Bemé#Tak vs kriyal|Bemetak]]'') [[IPA for Bemé|IPA]]: [wan] [wa] | (''[[Bemé#Tak vs kriyal|Bemetak]]'') [[IPA for Bemé|IPA]]: [wan] [wa] | ||
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [wɛn] | * (''[[Columbé]]'') [wɛn] | ||
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#: ''Mwoi '''wan''' bi mwoi.'' | #: ''Mwoi '''wan''' bi mwoi.'' | ||
#:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]." | #:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]." | ||
=====Alternate forms===== | |||
* [[Contionary:wa#Etymology 2|wa]] | |||
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]] | |||
===Etymology 2=== | ===Etymology 2=== | ||
From English ''[[wikt:want#English|want]]''. | From English ''[[wikt:want#English|want]]''. | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 18 May 2025
Bemé
Pronunciation
- (Columbé) [wɛn]
Etymology 1
From English go on.
Verb
wan
- to go
- Mi eh wan nyow.
- "I'm going now."
- Mi eh wan nyow.
- (auxiliary) expresses future tense; cf. English will
- Im wan bi big eh yong minis ni wal.
- "He's going to be the youngest president in the world."
- Im wan bi big eh yong minis ni wal.
- (auxiliary, fossil) to habitually do; exclusively used in the expression mwoi wan bi mwoi "boys will be boys", making it essentially a fossil word
- Mwoi wan bi mwoi.
Alternate forms
Etymology 2
From English want.
Verb
wan (transitive wanin)
- (stative) to be wanted
- Mi wan bi wan.
- "I want to be wanted."
- Mi wan bi wan.