different between wei vs liang

Anakalangu

Noun

wei

1. water

Further reading

• ABVD

Baluan-Pam

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

wei

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??/

Conjunction

wei

1. because

Central Masela

Noun

wei

1. 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.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?/
• Rhymes: -?i?
• Homophone: wij

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai.

Noun

wei f (uncountable)

1. a product obtained from milk; whey

Derived terms

• bloedwei

Etymology 2

Noun

wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)

1. Alternative form of weide

Anagrams

• wie

Folopa

Noun

w?? or w?i

1. (Boro, Tebera) water

Synonyms

• w? (Suri)
• ipi (Sopese)

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67 (as w??)
• Folopa wordlist
• Carol Anderson, Beginning Folopa Language Lessons and Simple Glossary (2010) (as w?i)

Kambera

Alternative forms

• wai (Lewa)

Noun

wei

1. (Southern, Umbu Ratu Nggai) 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.

Kedang

Noun

wei

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Khasi

Etymology

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

Numeral

wei

1. one

Lou

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

wei

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• ABVD

Luxembourgish

Verb

wei

1. second-person singular imperative of weien

Mandarin

Romanization

wei

1. Nonstandard spelling of w?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wéi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of w?i.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wèi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

wei

1. Alternative spelling of way

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wei, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *we??-.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /vai?/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /v?i?/

Noun

wei c (plural wegen, diminutive weike)

1. road
2. way

Derived terms

• spoarwei

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ??? (li?ng). Doublet of yang.

Noun

liang (plural liangs or liang)

1. A Chinese ounce or tael, reckoned as one-third heavier than the ounce avoirdupois.

Anagrams

• Gilan, Glina, Laing, Langi, algin, align, ganil, ligan, linga

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay liang, from Proto-Austronesian *lia? (“cave, cavern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lia??]
• Hyphenation: liang

Noun

liang (plural liang-liang, first-person possessive liangku, second-person possessive liangmu, third-person possessive liangnya)

1. small hole.

   Synonym: lubang

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lia??]
• Hyphenation: liang

Root

liang (plural liang-liang)

1. wavy

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Mandarin ??? (li?ng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lia??]
• Hyphenation: liang

Noun

liang (plural liang-liang, first-person possessive liangku, second-person possessive liangmu, third-person possessive liangnya)

1. A Chinese ounce or tael, reckoned as one-third heavier than the ounce avoirdupois. Short for ????? (“Taiwanese tael, equal to 1/16 of a catty or 37.5 grams”).

Further reading

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

Kambera

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lia? (“cave, cavern”).

Noun

liang

1. cave

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 213

Mandarin

Romanization

liang

1. Nonstandard spelling of liáng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of li?ng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of liàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Woiwurrung

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *rirra.

Noun

liang

1. tooth

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124