wae
English
Noun
wae (countable and uncountable, plural waes)
Anagrams
Buginese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-South Sulawesi *wai, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *wair, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
wae (Lontara spelling ᨓᨕᨙ)
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
Buru (Indonesia)
Noun
wae
- (Namrole Bay) water
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Scots
Etymology
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
wae (plural waes)
- woe
- Wae is me!
- Woe is me!
Anagrams
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