wä

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wa" and wae

Aiwoo

Verb

wä

1. to go
2. to walk

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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Central Franconian

Etymology

From northern Middle High German wie, wē. The form wä instead of expected *wee after the original dative and accusative forms (Middle High German weme, wene).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛː/

Pronoun

wä (interrogative)

1. (Ripuarian) who, whom

   Wä es dat? ― Who’s that?

   Wäm jiss de dat? ― To whom do you give that?

   Wä(m) sühs de? ― Whom do you see?

Usage notes

• In most dialects, the form wä is used for nominative and accusative, while the dative is wäm.
• In westernmost Ripuarian, wä is nominative, while wöm or wäm is object case.

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• vä, ve

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɛ], [ʋe̞]

Etymology

From Old Norse við.

Preposition

wä

1. (with accusative, with dative) with

   Falkjä gjär sä fult wä ȯuwun sä du kȧn int wara lawi dȯm.

   The people are so full of envy that you cannot be among them.

2. (with accusative, with dative) beside, near

   Lägg ne ä vä spisom!

   Put it down by the stove!

Derived terms

• lawi (“next to, in company with”)
• vehall (“support”)