vei

See also: VEI, véi, veí, and Véi

Aiwoo

Verb

vei

1. to flash, shine
2. to lightning

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Classical Nahuatl

Noun

vei (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of huēyi

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Doura

Noun

vei

1. water

References

• AVBD
• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋei̯/, [ˈʋe̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: vei

Verb

vei

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of viedä.

Anagrams

• vie

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Gabadi

Noun

vei

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

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Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *Cuɾiː (“ape”), from Pre-Hlai *Cu[d/ɖ]iː (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai) IPA^(key): /vei˥˧/

Noun

vei

1. ape

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Lala (New Guinea)

Noun

vei

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

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Mekeo

Noun

vei

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Alternative forms

• veg

Noun

vei m (definite singular veien, indefinite plural veier, definite plural veiene)

1. road; way; street; path

   bane vei - pave the way

Derived terms

Terms derived from vei

• bakvei
• blindvei
• bomvei
• bygdevei
• europavei
• fylkesvei
• gangvei
• grusvei
• halvveis
• hovedvei
• innfartsvei
• kongevei
• kystvei
• luftvei
• Melkeveien
• midtveis
• motorvei

• næringsvei
• omvei
• riksvei
• romervei
• sideveis
• sjøvei
• snarvei
• sporvei
• stamvei
• sykkelvei
• treveis
• turistvei
• underveis
• utvei
• vannvei
• veiatlas
• veibane

• veibredde
• veibygging
• veidekke
• veiforbindelse
• veikant
• veikart
• veikryss
• veileder
• veiløs
• veinett
• veisalt
• veiskilt
• veiskrape
• veisperring
• veitunnel
• veivals

Etymology 2

Verb

vei

1. imperative of veie

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vei

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ve
2. misspelling of veg.

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Old Occitan

Verb

vei

1. first-person singular present indicative of vezer

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vej]

Verb

(tu) vei (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

1. (you) will

   dacă mă duc acuma vei veni cu mine?

   if I leave now, will you come with me?

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Taushiro

Noun

vei

1. water
2. river

References

• Pueblos del Perú, 2006, page 161: “agua vei”
• Neftalí Alicea Ortiz, editor (1975) , “Vocabulario taushiro”, in Datos Etno-Lingüísticos‎^[1] (PDF), volume 22, Lima: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 75

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Veps

Etymology

From veda +‎ -i.

Noun

vei

1. exporter

Inflection

Inflection of vei
nominative sing.	vei
genitive sing.	vejan
partitive sing.	vejad
partitive plur.	vejid
	singular	plural
nominative	vei	vejad
accusative	vejan	vejad
genitive	vejan	vejiden
partitive	vejad	vejid
essive-instructive	vejan	vejin
translative	vejaks	vejikš
inessive	vejas	vejiš
elative	vejaspäi	vejišpäi
illative	?	vejihe
adessive	vejal	vejil
ablative	vejalpäi	vejilpäi
allative	vejale	vejile
abessive	vejata	vejita
comitative	vejanke	vejidenke
prolative	vejadme	vejidme
approximative I	vejanno	vejidenno
approximative II	vejannoks	vejidennoks
egressive	vejannopäi	vejidennopäi
terminative I	?	vejihesai
terminative II	vejalesai	vejilesai
terminative III	vejassai	—
additive I	?	vejihepäi
additive II	vejalepäi	vejilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “экспортёр”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika