wea

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See also: Wea and WEA

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English where.

Pronunciation

Adverb

wea

  1. where
    You know wea?
    Do you know where?

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

wea (causative verb kōwea, construct form weain)

  1. (alienable) a wire

Etymology 2

Noun

wea

  1. a water course in a reef
  2. a small passage between ocean and lagoon

References

Middle English

Noun

wea

  1. Alternative form of we (woe)

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.

Pronunciation

Noun

wēa m

  1. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
  2. woe, grief, misery
  3. sin, wickedness

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative wēa wēan
accusative wēan wēan
genitive wēan wēana
dative wēan wēam, wēaum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: we, wee, wea, ; wowe

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from weón, itself a derivation of huevón (meaning a stupid person).

Noun

wea f (plural weas)

  1. (slang, Chile) nonsense, rubbish, bullshit
    Synonyms: boludez, pendejada, tontería
    Esta película es una wea
    This movie is bullshit
  2. (slang, Chile) a single testicle