wede

See also: weɗe

Balanta-Ganja

Noun

wede

1. water

Further reading

• Cleonice Candida Gomes, O sistema verbal do Balanta : Um estudo dos morfemas de tempo (2008)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.də/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wēde, from Old Dutch *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Noun

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

1. twig, especially of an oak or willow

   Synonym: twijg

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wede, from Old Dutch *wēd, from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Doublet of wouw.

Noun

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

1. A plant of species Isatis tinctoria (woad or dyer's woad).
2. (by extension) blue dye from the woad plant.

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wede, from Old Dutch wido, widu. [1]

Noun

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

1. (in toponyms) forest

   Synonyms: woud, bos

2. (in toponyms) brushwood, thicket

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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Noun

wêde m or f

1. dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria)

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: wede

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Noun

wēde f

1. bush, thicket

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: wede

Further reading

• “wede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wede (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wede (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV