ouaîsé
Norman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editouaîsé m (plural ouaîsieaux)
- (Jersey) bird
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 515:
- P'tit à p'tit l'ouaisé fait sen nic.
- Little by little the bird builds her nest.
Derived terms
edit- ouaîsé â blié (“wryneck”)
Related terms
edit- ouaîselîn (“birds”)
Categories:
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Late Latin
- Norman terms derived from Late Latin
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norman terms with audio links
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- Norman terms with quotations
- nrf:Birds