gwineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Phonetic rendition of going; compare Gullah gwine.

This particular form apparently results from the vocalic sequence in going (Early Modern English /ˈɡoː.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡoː.ɪn/) coalescing into a diphthong that was identified with reflexes of 中期英語 /ui̯/, which developed into /waɪ/ in some dialects; compare English traditional dialect pronunciations of point and toil as /ˈpwaɪnt/, /ˈtwaɪl/ (see twile). In other dialects, 中期英語 /ui̯/ instead developed into /aɪ/, resulting in the form gine; compare bile (“boil”), heist, rile.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɡwaɪn/, (uncommon) /ˈɡaɪn/
• (African-American Vernacular) IPA: /ˈwaɪn/ (compare 'onna)

動詞

gwine

1. (archaic, especially African-American Vernacular) present participle of go
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 21, in Uncle Tom's Cabin:

     Well, I want spectin nothin; only Sam, he's a gwine to de river with some colts, and he said I could go long with him; so I jes put my things together.

   • 1921, Emilie Benson Knipe, Alden Arthur Knipe, Diantha's Quest, New York: The Macmillan company, page 78:

     “Come on, you Snowflake,” he called, cracking his long whip. “You're gwine to get your sugar, but you-all is gwine to earn it first.”

使用する際の注意点

• Though this word is especially associated with traditional African-American Vernacular English, it was also found in the speech of white US Southerners, New Englanders and speakers of the traditional dialects of Southern England.

派生した語

• Gullah: gwine

アナグラム

• Ewing, Ngwei, Winge, winge