wao

See also: waö and wāo

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wao

1. eight days of strong rain, usually in August

Lindu

Noun

wao

1. reflection

Mandarin

Romanization

wao

1. Nonstandard spelling of wāo.

Usage notes

• 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.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwao/ [ˈwa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: wa‧o

Interjection

wao

1. (Dominican Republic, US, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru) wow

   Synonyms: wow, guao

Further reading

• “wao”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Pronoun

wao

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class_(I/II))

	person	independent	subject concord		object concord	combined forms			possessive
			affirmative	negative		na	ndi-	si-
singular	first	mimi	ni-	si-	-ni-	nami, na mimi	ndimi, ndiye	simi, siye	-angu
	second	wewe	u-	hu-	-ku-	nawe, na wewe	ndiwe, ndiye	siwe, siye	-ako
	third	yeye	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	naye, na yeye	ndiye	siye	-ake
plural	first	sisi	tu-	hatu-	-tu-	nasi, na sisi	ndisi, ndio	sio	-etu
	second	ninyi	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-wa-	nanyi, na ninyi	ndinyi, ndio	sinyi, sio	-enu
	third	wao	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	nao	ndio	sio	-ao
reflexive		—	—		-ji-	—			—
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Adjective

wao

1. m class_(I)/m class_(III)/u class_(XI) inflected form of -ao
2. wa class_(II) inflected form of -ao

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.o/

Verb

wao

1. (intransitive) to play

Conjugation

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

• wawau

References

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

Wolio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋao/

Noun

wao

1. rain

References

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