wäi
North Frisian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- wai (Föhr-Amrum)
- Wai (Sylt)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wäi m (plural weege)
Sa'a
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
[edit]wäi
- water
- Aana nemo e nemo, na wäi e lama haahi kolune mwakano.
- Because it rained, the water covered the face of the earth.
References
[edit]- Ivens, Walter George (1918), “wäi”, in Dictionary and Grammar of the Language of Sa'a and Ulawa, Solomon Islands, Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, pages 112–3
Further reading
[edit]- ABVD (wäi)
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- Sa'a terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
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