wea
See also: WEA
Hawaiian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
wea
- where
- You know wea?
- Do you know where?
Marshallese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English wire, from Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
Noun edit
wea (causative verb kōwea, construct form weain)
- (alienable) a wire
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
wea
- a water course in a reef
- a small passage between ocean and lagoon
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
wea
- Alternative form of we (“woe”)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wēa m
- misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
- woe, grief, misery
- sin, wickedness
Declension edit
Declension of wea (weak)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Likely from weón, itself a derivation of huevón (meaning a stupid person).
Noun edit
wea f (plural weas)