See also: Awe and AWE

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (terror, dread), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (to be upset, afraid). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (fear, terror, dread), from the same Proto-Germanic root.

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Noun edit

awe (usually uncountable, plural awes)

  1. A feeling of fear and reverence.
    • 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 172:
      Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
  2. A feeling of amazement.
  3. (archaic) Power to inspire awe.

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Verb edit

awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing or aweing, simple past and past participle awed)

  1. (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
    • 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/3”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[2]:
      That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.
  2. (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.

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Anyi edit

Noun edit

awe

  1. rice
    mɩn nin a tʋn awe.
    My mother prepared rice.

Baoule edit

Noun edit

awe

  1. hunger

Gun edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Gbe *-ve or Proto-Gbe *-we. Cognates include Fon àwè, Saxwe Gbe owè, Adja eve, Ewe eve

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àwè

  1. two

Adjective edit

àwè

  1. two

Related terms edit

1 - ɖòkpó, dòpó 2 3 - atɔ̀n, atọ̀n
cardinal number àwè
ordinal number àwètɔ́, àwètọ́

Maori edit

Noun edit

awe

  1. soot
  2. white feather

Mapudungun edit

Adverb edit

awe (Raguileo spelling)

  1. quickly, promptly.
  2. soon

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References edit

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos. Doublet of eye.

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awe (uncountable)

  1. awe, wonder, reverence
  2. fear, horror
  3. that which elicits or incites horror; something horrifying
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Descendants edit
  • English: awe
  • Scots: awe, aw

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Etymology 2 edit

Adverb edit

awe

  1. Alternative form of away

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

awe

  1. Alternative form of ewe

Papiamentu edit

Alternative forms edit

  • awé (alternative spelling)

Etymology edit

From Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy and Kabuverdianu ochi.

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awe

  1. today

Swahili edit

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awe

  1. inflection of -wa:
    1. third-person singular subjunctive affirmative
    2. m-wa class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative

Tabaru edit

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Noun edit

awe

  1. a thread

References edit

  • Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tooro edit

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-awe (declinable)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

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  • This modifier, when used in the indefinite forms, causes the word before it to lose its high tone.

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References edit

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[3] (in English), Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 418-419

Western Arrernte edit

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awe

  1. yes

Yoruba edit

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àwé

  1. friend
    Synonyms: ọ̀rẹ́, olùkù
  2. an unknown person
    Táni àwé yẹn?Who is that unknown person?

Usage notes edit

  • More commonly used in Central Yoruba dialects

References edit

  • Aremo, Bolaji (2012) How Yoruba and Igbo Became Different Languages[4], Scribo Publications, →ISBN