wae
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
wae (countable and uncountable, plural waes)
Anagrams[edit]
Buginese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-South Sulawesi *wai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun[edit]
wae (Lontara spelling ᨓᨕᨙ)
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
Buru (Indonesia)[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun[edit]
wae
- (Namrole Bay) water
References[edit]
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Maori[edit]
Noun[edit]
wae
Verb[edit]
- (mathematics) to divide
- to separate
- to clear away
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English wā, wēa, from Proto-Germanic *wai, whence also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish וויי (vey). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Compare Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Persian وای (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), and Armenian վայ (vay).
Noun[edit]
wae (plural waes)
- woe
- Wae is me!
- Woe is me!
Anagrams[edit]
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- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- Scottish English
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- Buginese terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Buginese lemmas
- Buginese nouns
- bug:Water
- Buru (Indonesia) terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Buru (Indonesia) terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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- Buru (Indonesia) nouns
- mhs:Water
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- mi:Anatomy
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- mi:Mathematics
- Scots terms inherited from Old English
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