wao

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See also: waö and wāo

Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈwaʔo/ [ˈwaː.ʔo]
  • Rhymes: -aʔo
  • Syllabification: wa‧o

Noun

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wao

  1. eight days of strong rain, usually in August

Lindu

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Noun

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wao

  1. reflection

Mandarin

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Romanization

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wao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of wāo.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Pronoun

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wao

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also

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Adjective

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wao

  1. M class inflected form of -ao.
  2. U class inflected form of -ao.
  3. Wa class inflected form of -ao.

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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wao

  1. (intransitive) to play

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wao (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tawao mawao awao
2nd person nawao fawao
3rd person inanimate iwao dawao
animate
imperative nawao, wao fawao, wao

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics

Wolio

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wao

  1. rain

References

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  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris