wea

See also: WEA

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English where.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weə/

Adverb

wea

1. where

   You know wea?

   Do you know where?

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɛɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wɛjæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {weyah}

Etymology 1

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

wea (causative verb kōwea, construct form weain)

1. (alienable) a wire

Etymology 2

Noun

wea

1. a water course in a reef
2. a small passage between ocean and lagoon

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

wea

1. Alternative form of we (“woe”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• wāwa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑː/

Noun

wēa m

1. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...

     Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...

2. woe, grief, misery
3. sin, wickedness

Declension

Declension of wēa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wēa	wēan
accusative	wēan	wēan
genitive	wēan	wēana
dative	wēan	wēam, wēaum

Derived terms

• wēas

Descendants

• Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; wowe

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from weón, itself a derivation of huevón (meaning a stupid person).

Noun

wea f (plural weas)

1. (slang, Chile) nonsense, rubbish, bullshit

   Synonyms: boludez, pendejada, tontería

   Esta película es una wea

   This movie is bullshit

2. (slang, Chile) a single testicle