different between wari vs wali

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ri, -i?

Noun

wari (uncountable)

1. (games) a board game of the mancala family.

Anagrams

• iWar, wair

'Are'are

Noun

wari

1. uncle

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Doutai

Noun

wari

1. water
2. river

References

• Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172

Japanese

Romanization

wari

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kapampangan

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba?.

Particle

wari

1. marks a sentence as interrogative

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?war?i]

Verb

wari

1. third-person singular present of wari?

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wearg.

Noun

wari

1. criminal; felon

References

• “war?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

wari

1. cold

Spanish

Adjective

wari (plural wari or waris)

1. Wari

Noun

wari m or f (plural wari or waris)

1. Wari

Swahili

Etymology

From Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

wari (u class, no plural)

1. a yard (unit of measurement, 3 feet long)

Tagalog

Noun

warì

1. opinion; estimation; judgement

Synonyms

• pakiwari

Adverb

wari

1. it seems

Synonyms

• mukha
• para
• tila

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English worry.

Verb

wari

1. worry

Waritai

Noun

wari

1. water
2. river

References

• Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172

Yami

Noun

wari

1. younger sibling

Zia

Noun

wari

1. sun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??li?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (w?lin).

Noun

wali (plural walis)

1. A provincial governor in certain Islamic countries.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, page 130:

     You see the shrine was founded in memory of a great Wali, seer, holy man – but apparently a Mohammedan.

Alternative forms

• w?li
• vali (via Turkish)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Arabic ??????? (waliyy).

Noun

wali (plural walis)

1. (Islam) A saint or prophet.

Anagrams

• wail, wila

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wali, from Arabic ??????? (w?l?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wali/
• Hyphenation: wa?li

Noun

wali (first-person possessive waliku, second-person possessive walimu, third-person possessive walinya)

1. custodian
2. guardian
3. plenipotentiary
4. wali (provincial governor)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “wali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kabyle

Verb

wali (intensive aorist ttwali, aorist iwali, preterite iwala, negative preterite iwala)

1. to see

   Synonym: ?er

2. to watch

3. to think, consider

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va.l?i/

Noun

wali m anim

1. genitive plural of wal

   Synonym: walów

Verb

wali

1. third-person singular present of wali?

Sakizaya

Noun

wali

1. east

Swahili

Etymology

From Malagasy vary (“uncooked rice”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wali (u class, no plural)

1. cooked rice

See also

• mchele (raw husked rice)
• mpunga (raw unhusked rice)

Noun

wali

1. plural of mwali

See also

• (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mahindi (“maize”), ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) / mpunga (“unhusked rice”) / wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”), ngano (“wheat”) ^{(Category: sw:Grains) [edit]}

Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?li/

Adjective

wali

1. long

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2