See also: wēi, wéi, wěi, wèi, Wei, Wéi, and Wèi

Anakalangu edit

Noun edit

wei

  1. water

Further reading edit

Baluan-Pam edit

 
wei

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun edit

wei

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References edit

  • The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, →ISBN

Bavarian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • wäu (East Central, Vienna)
  • weil (Southern)

Etymology edit

From the accusative of Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (to rest).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /vɑɛ̯/, [βɑɛ̯]

Conjunction edit

wei (West Central Bavarian)

  1. because, given that

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Central Masela edit

Noun edit

wei

  1. water

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Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (whey).

Noun edit

wei f (uncountable)

  1. a product obtained from milk; whey [First attested in the early 14th century.]
    Synonyms: hui, melkwei
    Een van de nevenproducten van melk is wei.One of the byproducts of milk is whey.
  2. (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 terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)

  1. Alternative form of weide

Anagrams edit

Folopa edit

Noun edit

wẹị or węi

  1. (Boro, Tebera) water

Synonyms edit

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Kambera edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

wei

  1. (Southern, Umbu Ratu Nggai) water

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Kedang edit

Noun edit

wei

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References edit

  • Ursula Samely, Robert H. Barnes, A Dictionary of the Kedang Language: Kedang-Indonesian-English

Khasi edit

Khasi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : wei

Etymology edit

From Proto-Khasian *wiː. Cognate with Pnar wi.

Numeral edit

wei

  1. one

Lou edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun edit

wei

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References edit

Luxembourgish edit

Verb edit

wei

  1. second-person singular imperative of weien

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

wei (wei5wei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄨㄟ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Romanization edit

wei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of wēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of wéi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of wěi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of wèi.

Usage notes edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English edit

Noun edit

wei

  1. Alternative spelling of way

Shina edit

Noun edit

wei

  1. water

References edit

  • Peter C. Backstrom, et Carla F. Radloff, “Languages of northern areas”, in Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, vol. 2, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics, Islamabad, 1992, page 341

Trió edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *weju.

Noun edit

wei

  1. sun

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian wei, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

wei c (plural wegen, diminutive weike)

  1. road
  2. way

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • wei (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011