different between waa vs waw

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English wawen, wa?ien, from Old English wagian (“to move, shake, swing, totter”), from Proto-Germanic *wag?n? (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with German wagen (“to venture, dare, risk”), Dutch wagen (“to venture, dare, also to move, stir”), Swedish våga (“to dare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: war

Verb

waw (third-person singular simple present waws, present participle wawing, simple past and past participle wawed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To stir; move; wave.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wawe, wa?e, waghe, from Old English w?g (“motion, water, wave, billow, flood, sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *w?g, from Proto-Germanic *w?gaz (“wave, storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to drag, carry”).

Cognate with North Frisian weage (“water, wave”), German Wag, Woge (“wave”), French vague (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: war

Alternative forms

• wawe

Noun

waw (plural waws)

1. (obsolete, water) A wave.

Etymology 3

From Middle English wawe, wowe, waugh, wough, from Old English w?h, w?g (“a wall, partition”), from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to bend, twist”). Cognate with Scots wauch, vauch, Saterland Frisian Wooge (“indoor wall, partition”).

Alternative forms

• wo (Northern England, Derbyshire)
• waugh (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: war

Noun

waw (plural waws)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A wall.
   • 1678, John Ray, A Collection of English Proverbs, 75:

     She hath been at London to call a strea a straw, and a waw a wall.

   • 1886, Thomas Farrall, Betty Wilson's Cummerland Teals, 41:

     T'ootside waws was whitewesh't.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:wo.

Etymology 4

From Arabic ????? (w?w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??w/, /wa?/

Noun

waw (plural waws)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: ?.
2. Alternative spelling of vav
   • 2006, George Athas, The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Introduction, page 147:

     Rather, the waws of both fragments are demonstrably similar. What Cryer and Becking fail to note is that the style of waw used in Fragment B is also used in Fragment A.

Translations

Anagrams

• aww

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognates with Yami awaw.

Adjective

waw

1. thirsty

Ivatan

Etymology

Cognates with Yami awaw.

Adjective

waw

1. thirsty

Mapudungun

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

waw (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. A valley.

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Noun

waw

1. Alternative form of wawe

Portuguese

Noun

waw m (plural waws)

1. Alternative spelling of uau

Scots

Etymology

From Old English wagian (“wave, undulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/

Noun

waw (plural waws)

1. (water) wave