vae

See also: VAE, -vae, va'e, and -vä

English

Noun

vae (plural vaes)

1. Alternative form of voe (“sea inlet”)

Anagrams

• 'ave, AEV, Ave., EAV, EVA, Eva, Vea, ave, ave., eva, eva'

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wáy. Cognate with Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ae̯/, [u̯äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve/, [vɛː]

Interjection

vae

1. woe, alas

   Vae victīs! ― Woe to the conquered!

   Vae, putō deus fīō. ― Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god.

Usage notes

Takes the dative, rarely the accusative.

Descendants

• Old French: vé
• Romanian: vai
• Sicilian: vai

References

• “vae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Palu'e

vae

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

vae

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Portuguese

Verb

vae

1. Obsolete spelling of vai.

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waqe, from Proto-Oceanic *waqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waqay, from Proto-Austronesian *waqay, doublet of *qaqay.

Noun

vae

1. (anatomy) leg, foot (of human or animal)
2. foot (projection on equipment)
3. hand (pointer of an analogue clock)

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wahe.

Verb

vae

1. choose

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈva.e]
• Hyphenation: va‧e

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *waqe. Cognates include Hawaiian wae and Samoan vae.

Noun

vae

1. leg, foot
2. footing, base

Verb

vae

1. (intransitive) to walk, go

Derived terms

• kofuvae

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *wahe. Cognates include Maori wae and Samoan vae.

Verb

vae

1. (transitive) to divide

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 416