voillai

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Etymology[edit]

From a variant of Old French veillier, from Latin vigilo, vigilare; cognate with French veiller and Italian vegliare.

Verb[edit]

voillai

  1. (intransitive) To stay up, sit up.
  2. (intransitive) To keep guard, keep watch.
  3. (intransitive) To look after, see to ( + ài); see to it that ( + ài çacque)
  4. (intransitive) To watch over (someone) ( + sur).
  5. (transitive) To keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for.

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