wisha

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English

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Etymology

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From Irish mhuise, originally a euphemism for A Mhuire! (O Mary!) in calling upon the Virgin Mary. Compare Irish muise.

Interjection

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wisha

  1. (Ireland) An expression of surprise.
    • 1914, James Joyce, Dubliners[1]:
      'Wisha! wisha,' says I. 'A pound of chops,' says he, 'coming into the Mansion House.'

Anagrams

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV wisha
Brazilian standard wisha
New Tribes wisha

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wisha

  1. the bearded saki, Chiropotes sp.

References

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  • Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “wisha”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎[2] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 125
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 402:[wiša] 'black monkey' [] wisha - black monkey