wea

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English where.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weə/

Adverb

wea

1. where

   You know wea?

   Do you know where?

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key):
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wɛjæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {weyah}

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

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

wea

1. Alternative form of we (“woe”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• wāwa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑː/

Noun

wēa m

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

Declension

Derived terms

• wēas

Descendants

• Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; 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