wei
Anakalangu edit
Noun edit
wei
Further reading edit
Baluan-Pam 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
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
References edit
- The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, →ISBN
Bavarian edit
Alternative forms edit
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
Conjunction edit
wei (West Central Bavarian)
Related terms edit
Central Masela edit
Noun edit
wei
References edit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
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)
- 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 terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)
- Alternative form of weide
Anagrams edit
Folopa edit
Noun edit
wẹị or węi
- (Boro, Tebera) water
Synonyms edit
References edit
- 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)
Kambera edit
Alternative forms edit
- wai (Lewa)
Noun edit
wei
- (Southern, Umbu Ratu Nggai) water
References edit
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Kedang edit
Noun edit
wei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
References edit
- Ursula Samely, Robert H. Barnes, A Dictionary of the Kedang Language: Kedang-Indonesian-English
Khasi edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Khasian *wiː. Cognate with Pnar wi.
Numeral edit
wei
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
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
References edit
Luxembourgish edit
Verb edit
wei
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喂
Romanization edit
wei
- Nonstandard spelling of wēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wéi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wěi.
- 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
- Alternative spelling of way
Shina edit
Noun edit
wei
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
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)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “wei (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011