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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc. s.sá), both from Proto-Germanic *saihaz (“bucket, vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (“to reach, grasp”). Cognate with Swedish så (“large wooden water vessel”).
Noun
soe (plural soes)
- (obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
- "... no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe-fuls".
Etymology 2
Conjunction
soe
- Obsolete form of so.
1830, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne:Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax […]
Anagrams
- Eos, Seo, oes, -ose, OSE, OES, OES., ESO, SEO, E&Os, OEs
Achang
Pronunciation
Noun
soe
- matter
Further reading
- Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon, Payap University, page 120
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Adverb
soe
- (Western Cape) Alternative form of so
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *sooja, borrowed from an Iranian language (compare Persian سایه (sâya, “shadow, shelter”)). Komi-Zyrian сай (saj, “shelter”) and Eastern Mari шойылч (šojylč, “from behind”) may have the same origin. Cognate to Finnish suoja and Votic soojõ (“warm, warmth”).
Adjective
soe (genitive sooja, partitive sooja, comparative soojem, superlative kõige soojem)
- warm
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
soe
- genitive singular of susi
Friulian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).[1]
Compare Romansch suga, suja, soua, sua, Venetan soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Portuguese and Spanish soga.
Noun
soe f (plural sois)
- (strong or thick) rope
- Synonym: cuarde
- (nautical) stay
References
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 558
Galician
Verb
soe
- inflection of soar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
- inflection of soer:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hokkien 衰 (soe, “to have poor luck”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
soé (comparative lebih soe, superlative paling soe)
- (colloquial) bad luck
- Synonym: sial
Further reading
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
Adverb
soe
- Alternative spelling of sô
Conjunction
soe
- Alternative spelling of sô
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *suo, from Proto-Germanic *sō, originally the feminine demonstrative pronoun.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
soe
- (Flemish) Alternative form of si (“feminine singular”)
Portuguese
Verb
soe
- inflection of soar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Sardinian
Verb
soe
- Variant first-person singular present indicative of èssere
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
soe
- (stative) to be unlucky
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tetum
Verb
soe
- to throw
West Frisian
Verb
soe
- would (modal verb) (see sille)
Ik soe it mar dwaan as ik dy wie.- I would have done it if I were you.