wae
English
editNoun
editwae (countable and uncountable, plural waes)
See also
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editBuginese
editNoun
editwae
- Alternative spelling of waé (“water”)
Buru (Indonesia)
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
editwae
- (Namrole Bay) water
References
edit- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Irish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwae
- The name of the Latin-script letter w/W.
Usage notes
editAlthough the letter ⟨w⟩ is not used in Irish, it has a name so it can be referred to in mathematical or scientific usage or when spelling words in other languages.
See also
editMaori
editNoun
editwae
Verb
edit- (mathematics) to divide
- to separate
- to clear away
Scots
editEtymology
editFrom Old English wā, wēa, from Proto-Germanic *wai, whence also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish וויי (vey). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Compare Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Persian وای (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), and Armenian վայ (vay).
Noun
editwae (plural waes)
- woe
- Wae is me!
- Woe is me!
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