waas

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, from Proto-Germanic *hwat. Cognate with German was, Dutch wat, English what, Icelandic hvað.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

waas

  1. what

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wāse, wāze, waes (“mud, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *waisǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋaːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

waas n (plural wazen, diminutive waasje n)

  1. haze, mist
  2. bloom
  3. film

Derived terms

Sundanese

Pronunciation

Adjective

waas (Sundanese spelling ᮝᮃᮞ᮪)

  1. feeling nostalgic; melancholic; wistful; saudade
    Abdi mah mun ningali pasawahan téh sok waas.
    Whenever I look at the rice fields, I'm always nostalgic.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate to German Weizen.

Noun

waas m

  1. wheat

Etymology 2

Cognate to German Weise.

Noun

waas ?

  1. orphan

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English wās, from Old English wæs.

Pronunciation

Verb

waas

  1. was
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      'Chas, for Ich waas.
      I was.
  2. were

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 16
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