Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat. Cognate with German was, Dutch wat, English what, Icelandic hvað.

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Pronoun

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waas

  1. what

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch wāse, wāze, waes (mud, mire), from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋaːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs
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Noun

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waas n (plural wazen, diminutive waasje n)

  1. haze, mist
  2. bloom
  3. film

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Sundanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /waˈas/, [waˈʔas]

Adjective

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waas (Sundanese spelling ᮝᮃᮞ᮪)

  1. feeling nostalgic; melancholic; wistful; saudade
    Abdi mah mun ningali pasawahan téh sok waas.
    Whenever I look at the rice fields, I'm always nostalgic.

Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate to German Weizen.

Noun

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waas m

  1. wheat

Etymology 2

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Cognate to German Weise.

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waas ?

  1. orphan

Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English was, from Old English wæs.

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Verb

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waas

  1. was
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      'Chas, for Ich waas.
      I was.
  2. were
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References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 16