wera

See also: w̃era and wěra

'Are'are

Noun

wera

1. child

Synonyms

• mera

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Maltese

Etymology

Root
w-r-j
10 terms

From Arabic أَرَى (ʔarā), factitive IV. stem of رَأَى (raʔā), whence Maltese ra (“to see”). The Maltese perfect forms are backformations from the imperfect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra

Verb

wera (imperfect juri, past participle muri)

1. to show
   • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:

     Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wera

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	wrejt	wrejt	wera	wrejna	wrejtu	wrew
	f			wriet
imperfect	m	nuri	turi	juri	nuru	turu	juru
	f			turi
imperative			uri			uru

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wela (“to burn”). Cognate with Hawaiian wela, Tahitian vera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwera/ [ˈwɛɾɐ]

Verb

wera (passive werahia or weraina or weratia)

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (stative) to be burnt; to be hot

Noun

wera

1. heat

Derived terms

• kowera (“glow, gleam”, verb)
• manawawera (“fanatical”)
• mawera (“be reddish”, verb)
• pāwera (“be sore”, verb)
• weranga (“burning”, noun)
• werawera (“be hot”, verb)
• whakawera (“heat”, verb)

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “wera”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[1], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Mapudungun

Adjective

wera (Raguileo spelling)

1. a lot

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.rɑ/
• Rhymes: -e.rɑ

Noun

wera

1. genitive plural of wer

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	wera
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	ambek, bendu
cohag	{{{co}}}

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwəra/

Adjective

wera (Sundanese script ᮝᮨᮛ)

1. angry

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij