wasai

See also: wāsài, wāsāi, wàsǎi, and wàsài

Brunei Bisaya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsay. Compare Asi busay, Bikol Central busay, Cebuano busay and Tausug busay.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧sai

Noun

wasai

1. waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Brunei Bisaya wasai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wasaj/
• Hyphenation: wa‧sai

Noun

wasai

1. waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Synonyms

• aing terajun

Central Dusun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsay. Compare Asi busay, Bikol Central busay, Cebuano busay and Tausug busay.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧sai

Noun

wasai

1. waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wá.sái/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wə́.séi]

Ideophone

wasai

1. (of the sky) very bright

Lotud

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsay. Compare Asi busay, Bikol Central busay, Cebuano busay and Tausug busay.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧sai

Noun

wasai

1. waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Tambunan Dusun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsay. Compare Asi busay, Bikol Central busay, Cebuano busay and Tausug busay.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧sai

Noun

wasai

1. waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Urubú-Kaapor

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡saʔi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wasaˈi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: wa‧sa‧i

Noun

wasai

1. acai berry

Related terms

• wasai'y

 

References

• James Yoshio Kakumasu, Kiyoko Kakumasu, compilers (2007) [1988], “wasai”, in Dicionário por Tópicos Kaapor–Português [Kaapor–Portuguese Topical Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Cuiabá: Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, page 143