wea
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Hawaiian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]wea
- where
- You know wea?
- Do you know where?
Marshallese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from English wire, from Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).
Noun
[edit]wea (causative verb kōwea, construct form weain)
- (alienable) a wire
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]wea
- a water course in a reef
- a small passage between ocean and lagoon
References
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]wea
- Alternative form of we (“woe”)
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wēa m
- misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
- The Old English rune poem
- ᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...
- Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...
- The Old English rune poem
- woe, grief, misery
- sin, wickedness
Declension
[edit]Weak:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | wēa | wēan |
accusative | wēan | wēan |
genitive | wēan | wēana |
dative | wēan | wēam, wēaum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from weón, itself a derivation of huevón (meaning a stupid person).
Noun
[edit]wea f (plural weas)
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