vae
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
vae (plural vaes)
- Alternative form of voe (“sea inlet”)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with German weh, English woe.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
vae
- woe, alas
- Vae victīs! ― Woe to the conquered!
- Vae, putō deus fīō. ― Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god.
Usage notesEdit
Takes the dative.
DescendantsEdit
- Sicilian: vai
ReferencesEdit
- “vae”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “vae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- vae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Palu'eEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
NounEdit
vae
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
vae
- Obsolete spelling of vai
PukapukanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *waqe, from Proto-Oceanic *waqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waqay, from Proto-Austronesian *waqay, doublet of *qaqay.
NounEdit
vae
- (anatomy) leg, foot (of human or animal)
- foot (projection on equipment)
- hand (pointer of an analogue clock)
Further readingEdit
Rapa NuiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *wahe.
VerbEdit
vae
TokelauanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *waqe. Cognates include Hawaiian wae and Samoan vae.
NounEdit
vae
VerbEdit
vae
- (intransitive) to walk, go
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *wahe. Cognates include Maori wae and Samoan vae.
VerbEdit
vae
- (transitive) to divide
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 416