wei

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

Anakalangu

Noun

wei

1. water

Further reading

• ABVD

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

• wäu (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
• weil (Southern Bavarian)

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

• IPA^(key): /vɑɛ̯/, [βɑɛ̯]

Conjunction

wei (West Central Bavarian)

1. because, given that

Related terms

• dawei
• Wei

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): /ʋɛi̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Hyphenation: wei
• Homophone: wij

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 [First attested in the early 14th century.]

   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

• bloedwei
• weiboter
• weikaas
• weiroom
• weivocht

Etymology 2

Alteration of weide with regular syncope of intervocalic -d-; compare weder / weer, leder / leer, lade / la, and so forth.

Noun

wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)

1. Alternative form of weide

Anagrams

• wie

Folopa

Noun

wẹị or węi

1. (Boro, Tebera) water

Synonyms

• wị (Suri)
• ipi (Sopese)

References

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

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 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

• ABVD

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

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /vai̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /vɛi̯/

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