Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | ауаҩы | 'human' | See Abkhaz phonology | ||
| Adyghe | уэ | 'you' | |||
| Arabic | Standard | وَرْد | 'roses' | See Arabic phonology | |
| Basque | lau | 'four' | |||
| Catalan | creuar | 'to cross' | See Catalan phonology | ||
| Chinese | Cantonese | 湖 wu4 | 'lake' | See Cantonese phonology | |
| Mandarin | 王 wáng | 'king' | See Mandarin phonology | ||
| Dutch | Belgium | welp | 'cub' | Standard Belgian pronunciation, may be realised as in some dialects. See Dutch phonology | |
| English | weep | 'weep' | See English phonology | ||
| French | oui | 'yes' | See French phonology | ||
| Hawaiian | wikiwiki | 'fast' | May also be realized as . See Hawaiian phonology | ||
| Hebrew | דעוין | 'showing off' | See Modern Hebrew phonology | ||
| Irish | vóta | 'vote' | See Irish phonology | ||
| Italian | uomo | 'man' | See Italian phonology | ||
| Japanese | わたし watashi | 'I' | Pronounced with lip compression. See Japanese phonology | ||
| Kabardian | уэ | 'you' | |||
| Korean | 왜가리 waegari | 'heron' | See Korean phonology | ||
| Malay | wang | 'money' | |||
| Pashto | ﻭﺍﺭ | 'one time' | |||
| Polish | łaska | 'grace' | See Polish phonology | ||
| Portuguese | quando | 'when' | Non-syllabic allophone of /u/ except when after velar occlusives. Brazilian dialects that have prefer when in coda position. See Portuguese phonology | ||
| Romanian | dulău | 'mastiff' | See Romanian phonology | ||
| Seri | cmiique | 'person' | Allophone of /m/ | ||
| Sesotho | sewa | 'epidemic' | See Sesotho phonology | ||
| Spanish | cuanto | 'as much' | See Spanish phonology | ||
| Swahili | mwanafunzi | 'student' | |||
| Tagalog | araw | 'day' | See Tagalog phonology | ||
| Thai | แหวน waen | 'ring' | |||
| Ukrainian | вона | 'she' | See Ukrainian phonology | ||
| Vietnamese | tuần | 'week' | See Vietnamese phonology | ||
| Welsh | gwae | 'woe' | See Welsh phonology | ||
| West Frisian | skowe | 'to shove' | Never occurs in word-initial positions | ||
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