different between waa vs wae

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

waa

1. The sound of a baby crying.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

waa (plural waa)

1. Alternative form of wa (“Thai unit of length”)

Anagrams

• AAW

Alaba

Noun

waa

1. water

References

• Joachim Crass, Das K'abeena: deskriptive Grammatik einer hochlandostkuschitischen Sprache (2005)

Alemannic German

Pronoun

waa

1. Alternative form of waas

Burji

Noun

wáa

1. water

Further reading

• Roba Dame, Charlotte Wedekind, Burji Dictionary (2008)
• Hans-Jürgen Sasse, An Etymological Dictionary of Burji, Kuschitische Sprachstudien 1 (1982, Hamburg, Hemut Buske Verlag)

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?/

Interjection

waa

1. expression of praise

Noun

waa

1. pendant

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
• (2015) Ma Gamilaraay

Garo

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/r/s-wa

Verb

waa (intransitive)

1. to rain

See also

• mikka

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 363

Kaurna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?/

Adverb

waa

1. where

Nzadi

Noun

wàá (plural m?n)

1. village

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ?ISBN

Ojibwe

Particle

waa

1. my! (exclamation)

See also

• waa-

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/waa-pc-disc

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Alaba waa and Burji waa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?/

Noun

waa m

1. water

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81

Siuslaw

Verb

waa

1. to speak

Somali

Particle

waa

1. Topic marker which draws attention to the verb.

Usage notes

Placed before the verb; does not change normal word order.

Wathaurong

Noun

waa

1. raven

Wolio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/

Noun

waa

1. fire

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.

English

Noun

wae (countable and uncountable, plural waes)

1. (Scotland) woe

   Wae is me!

Anagrams

• AEW, Awe, EAW, WEA, awe, eaw

Buginese

Alternative forms

• ???
• uae (Soppeng)

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *wai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

wae (Lontara spelling ???)

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

Buru (Indonesia)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

wae

1. (Namrole Bay) water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Scots

Etymology

From Old English w?, w?a, from Proto-Germanic *wai, whence also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish ????? (vey). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Compare Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek ???? (ouaí), Persian ???? (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), and Armenian ??? (vay).

Noun

wae (plural waes)

1. woe

Anagrams

• awe