wisha

English

Etymology

From Irish mhuise, originally a euphemism for A Mhuire! (“O Mary!”) in calling upon the Virgin Mary. Compare Irish muise.

Interjection

wisha

1. (Ireland) An expression of surprise.
   • 1914, James Joyce, Dubliners‎^[1]:

     'Wisha! wisha,' says I. 'A pound of chops,' says he, 'coming into the Mansion House.'

Anagrams

• Shawi, washi

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	wisha
Brazilian standard	wisha
New Tribes	wisha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wiʃa]

Noun

wisha

1. the bearded saki, Chiropotes sp.

References

• Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “wisha”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎^[2] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 125
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 402: “[wiša] 'black monkey' […] wisha - black monkey”