ae

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ae

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Avestan.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant form of æ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ae

  1. Alternative form of æ.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Abinomn[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. mother

Aore[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. water

Further reading[edit]

  • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)
  • ABVD

Barai[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ae (upper case Ae)

  1. A letter of the Barai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Bislama[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English eye.

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. (anatomy) eye

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably derived from the interjection ah.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ae (past tense aede, past participle aet)

  1. to stroke, pat, caress

Conjugation[edit]

Inflection of ae
present past
simple aer aede
perfect har aet havde aet
passive aes aedes
participle aende aet
imperative a —
infinitive ae —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund aen —

Eastern Ngad'a[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. water

References[edit]

Ende[edit]

wai

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References[edit]

  • Bradley J. McDonnell, Possessive Structures in Ende: a Language of Eastern Indonesia

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Irish áe (“liver”), from Old Irish óa, from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Compare Welsh afu.

Noun[edit]

ae m (genitive singular ae, nominative plural aenna)

  1. (anatomy) liver
Declension[edit]
Declension of ae

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ae aenna
Vocative a ae a aenna
Genitive ae aenna
Dative ae aenna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ae na haenna
Genitive an ae na n-aenna
Dative leis an ae

don ae

leis na haenna
  • Alternative plural: aebha, aobha
  • Alternative genitive plural: ae (in certain phrases)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae m (genitive singular ae)

  1. Alternative form of aoi (“metrical composition”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ae

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ae
Vocative a ae
Genitive ae
Dative ae

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ae
Genitive an ae
Dative leis an ae

don ae

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ae n-ae hae t-ae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64

Kala[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. tree

Further reading[edit]

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) (ai)
  • Morris Johnson, Kela Organized Phonology Data (1994) (ae)

Khumi Chin[edit]

Ae.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar. Cognates include Zou ah and Mizo ár.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. chicken

References[edit]

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 44

Lavukaleve[edit]

Verb[edit]

ae

  1. (intransitive) go up

Li'o[edit]

ae

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References[edit]

  • P. Sawardo, Struktur bahasa Lio (1987)
  • Louise Baird, A Grammar of Kéo: An Austronesian Language of East Nusantara (2002) ('aé)

Lote[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. tree

References[edit]

Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. current
  2. pool

Verb[edit]

ae

  1. collect
  2. gather, grouping

References[edit]

Mbyá Guaraní[edit]

Particle[edit]

ae

  1. emphatic particle
    apy ae
    right here

Middle Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ae … ae

  1. either … or
    • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:
      Sef kyfryw chware a wneynt, taraw a wnai pob un dyrnawt ar y got, ae a’e droet ae a throssawl;
      In this manner they played the game, each of them striking the bag, either with his foot or with a staff.

Descendants[edit]

  • Welsh: ai

Niuean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *a(a)e.

Interjection[edit]

ae

  1. used to draw attention; hey!
  2. expression of surprise; oh!

Pará Arára[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • aege (used when talking to a capuchin monkey)

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. a wasp

References[edit]

  • 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aí.

Interjection[edit]

ae

  1. (Internet slang, Brazil) oh yeah (expression of joy or approvement)

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin avem, accusative of avis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae f (plural aes)

  1. (Logudorese) bird (in general), especially eagles or other birds of prey
    Synonyms: achedda, puzone

Usage notes[edit]

According to Max Leopold Wagner, ae means 'bird' in a general, almost collective, sense, while a specific bird is usually called a puzone. The term also has a tendency to mean 'eagle' in central dialects, and by extension also 'vulture' and other birds of prey.

Further reading[edit]

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “uccello”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “áve”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Northern Middle English a, apocopic form of ane, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain. See also Scots ane.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

ae

  1. one
    Synonym: ane
    • 1786, Robert Burns, A Winter Night:
      Ae night the storm the steeples rocked
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1875, William Alexander, Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk, page 51:
      "A twa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse?"
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronoun[edit]

ae

  1. one (of the two)
  2. one, someone (indefinite)

Adjective[edit]

ae (not comparable)

  1. one, the same

Adverb[edit]

ae (not comparable)

  1. only
  2. about, approximately
    Synonym: a
  3. (poetic) Emphasises a superlative.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Concise Scots Dictionary, 1985, Aberdeen University Press editor-in-chief Mairi Robinson, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “ae, adj..” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Teanu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from earlier *kel, from Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih. But this etymology remains dubious.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ae

  1. to dig, hollow out

References[edit]

Touo[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. father; Short for finɔ ae.
  2. Short for atufe ae.
    1. stepfather; mother's new husband
    2. father's brother
    3. husband of one's mother's sister
    4. son of one's father's sister
    5. son-in-law of one's father's sister
    6. son of one's father's parallel cousin
    7. paternal grandson of one's paternal grandparent's sister
  3. grandfather (on both sides); Short for fizu ae.
  4. Short for fizu atufe ae.
    1. grandfather's brother
    2. maternal grandmother's brother
    3. son of one's grandfather's sister
    4. maternal grandson of one's grandfather's sister
    5. husband of one's father's sister
    6. male parallel cousin-in-law of one's father

Usage notes[edit]

  • All the relations above can be simply stated as ae unless the speaker wishes to avoid ambiguity, much as English speakers will say cousin without specifying second cousin, etc.

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • ina (“mother, various other meanings”)

References[edit]

  • Scheffler, H. W. (1972) “Baniata Kin Classification: The Case for Extensions”, in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, volume 28, number 4, University of Chicago Press, pages 350—381

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly cognate with Ternate hohe (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ae

  1. (intransitive) to laugh

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of ae (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person taae maae aae
2nd person naae faae
3rd person inanimate iae daae
animate
imperative naae, ae faae, ae

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

Wolio[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ae

  1. foot, leg

References[edit]

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Zhuang[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Classifier[edit]

ae (Sawndip forms 侅 or ⿰亻界 or 𠲖, 1957–1982 spelling əi)

  1. used for adult men

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Tai *ʔajᴬ (“to cough”). Cognate with Thai ไอ (ai), Northern Thai ᩋᩱ, Lao ໄອ (ʼai), Lü ᦺᦀ (˙ʼay), Shan ဢႆ (ʼǎi), Tai Nüa ᥟᥭ (ʼay), Aiton ဢႝ (ʼay), Ahom 𑜒𑜩 (ʼay), Saek ไอ๋.

Verb[edit]

ae (Sawndip forms 痎 or 𧙜 or 𠲖 or 哎, 1957–1982 spelling əi)

  1. to cough
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