weye
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See also: weþe
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
weye (third-person singular simple present weyes, present participle weying, simple past and past participle weyed)
Etymology 2[edit]
See way.
Noun[edit]
weye (plural weyes)
Ajië[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
weye
References[edit]
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Mapudungun[edit]
Noun[edit]
weye (Raguileo spelling)
- a male-bodied individual who fulfils a third gender role in Mapudungun society often as a shaman or a machi; sometimes used to refer to effeminate men or simply homosexual men.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, El hombre mapuche que se convirtió en mujer chamán: Individualidad , transgresión de género y normas culturales en pugna, 2011
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- waye [14th century]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old English wǣgan (“to delude”, “to deceive”).
Verb[edit]
weye (third-person singular simple present weyeþ, past participle yweid)
References[edit]
- “† Weye” listed on page 334 of volume X, part II (V–Z) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1928]
† Weye, v. Obs. rare. Also waye. [OE. wǽᵹan to delude, deceive.] [¶] 1. trans. To deceive, lead astray. [¶] c 1315 Shoreham Poems i. 370 Þat he ne may nauȝt yweid be Wiþ blanding ne wiþ boste. Ibid. vii. 648 The deuel..dorste nauȝt adam asaylly, Al for to waye. [¶] 2. intr. To go astray. [¶] c 1315 Shoreham Poems i. 301 Bote hi ariȝt icristned be, Fram heuene euere hi weyeþ. - “†weye, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]