wei
AnakalanguEdit
NounEdit
wei
Further readingEdit
Baluan-PamEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
NounEdit
wei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
ReferencesEdit
- The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, →ISBN
BavarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
wei
Central MaselaEdit
NounEdit
wei
ReferencesEdit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai, presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwajaz.
Cognate with Limburgish wei, Old Saxon *hwei, Middle Low German wei, German Low German Wei, Old Frisian *wei, Saterland Frisian Woaie, West Frisian waai, Old English hwǣġ, Middle English whey, English whey, Scots whey.
Two hypotheses exist regarding cognates outside of Germanic:
- The first hypothesis proposes a relationship with Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra), Persian شیر, Ossetian ӕхсыр (æxsyr), Northern Kurdish şîr;
- The second hypothesis proposes a relationship with Latin cāseus, Old Church Slavonic квасъ (kvasŭ), Russian квас (kvas), Czech kvas, Polish kwas.
NounEdit
wei f (uncountable)
- a product obtained from milk; whey [First attested in the early 14th century.]
- (obsolete) serum, a component of blood which does not play a role in clotting
- Synonyms: serum, bloedserum
- De centrifuge scheidt het stolsel van de wei. ― The centrifuge separates the coagulated blood from the serum.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)
- Alternative form of weide
AnagramsEdit
FolopaEdit
NounEdit
wẹị or węi
- (Boro, Tebera) water
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (as wẹị)
- Folopa wordlist
- Carol Anderson, Beginning Folopa Language Lessons and Simple Glossary (2010) (as węi)
KamberaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- wai (Lewa)
NounEdit
wei
- (Southern, Umbu Ratu Nggai) water
ReferencesEdit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
KedangEdit
NounEdit
wei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
ReferencesEdit
- Ursula Samely, Robert H. Barnes, A Dictionary of the Kedang Language: Kedang-Indonesian-English
KhasiEdit
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| Cardinal : wei | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Khasian *wiː. Cognate with Pnar wi.
NumeralEdit
wei
LouEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
NounEdit
wei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
ReferencesEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
VerbEdit
wei
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
wei
- Nonstandard spelling of wēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wéi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wěi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wèi.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
wei
- Alternative spelling of way
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian wei, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wei c (plural wegen, diminutive weike)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “wei (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011