英和和英

語源

From 中期英語 we-self, weself, we selve, &c., from 古期英語 we selfe and later separate construction as we +‎ -self. Compare Tyneside English we (“us”).

発音

• (Caribbean) IPA: /wiˈsɛlf/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌwiˈsɛlf/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wiːˈsɛlf/

代名詞

weself

1. (now chiefly Caribbean) Synonym of ourselves.
   • 1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58:

     At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.

   • 1991, Robert Antoni, Divina Trace, p. 410:

     Doctor, dey ain't no magic Yankee medicine could save any of we. Few halfdollars... would help, but de only medicine could save we is we weself.

参照

• “weself, pron.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.