wei

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See also: wēi, wéi, wěi, wèi, Wei, Wéi, and Wèi

Anakalangu

Noun

wei

  1. water

Further reading

Baluan-Pam

wei

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

wei

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, →ISBN

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the accusative of Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

wei (West Central Bavarian)

  1. because, given that

Related terms

Central Masela

Noun

wei

  1. water

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).

Noun

wei f (uncountable)

  1. a product obtained from milk; whey
    Synonyms: hui, melkwei
    Een van de nevenproducten van melk is wei. ― One of the byproducts of milk is whey.
  2. (obsolete) serum, a component of blood which does not play a role in clotting
    Synonyms: serum, bloedserum
    De centrifuge scheidt het stolsel van de wei. ― The centrifuge separates the coagulated blood from the serum.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)

  1. Alternative form of weide

Anagrams

Folopa

Noun

wẹị or węi

  1. (Boro, Tebera) water

Synonyms

References

Kambera

Alternative forms

Noun

wei

  1. (Southern, Umbu Ratu Nggai) water

References

Kedang

Noun

wei

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • Ursula Samely, Robert H. Barnes, A Dictionary of the Kedang Language: Kedang-Indonesian-English

Khasi

Khasi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : wei

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *wiː. Cognate with Pnar wi.

Numeral

wei

  1. one

Lou

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

wei

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

Luxembourgish

Verb

wei

  1. second-person singular imperative of weien

Mandarin

Romanization

wei (wei5／wei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄨㄟ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 煀
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喂

Romanization

wei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of wēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of wéi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of wěi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of wèi.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

wei

  1. Alternative spelling of way

Shina

Noun

wei

  1. water

References

  • Peter C. Backstrom, et Carla F. Radloff, “Languages of northern areas”, in Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, vol. 2, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics, Islamabad, 1992, page 341

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *weju.

Noun

wei

  1. sun

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wei, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

wei c (plural wegen, diminutive weike)

  1. road
  2. way

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “wei (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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