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Wei
Wei
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wei
- (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
- (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Mandarin Chinese 衞 (Wèi)
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wei
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon *hwei, from Proto-Germanic *hwają. More at whey.
Noun
Wei f (no plural)
Derived terms
- Keeswei
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German wīhī. Cognate with German Weihe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑɪ̯/
- Rhymes: -ɑɪ
Noun
Wei f (plural Weien)
Related terms
wei
wei
Baluan-Pam
Noun
wei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
References
- The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, ISBN 1921313196)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɛi̯/
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯
- Homophones: wij
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-Germanic *hwają.
Cognate with English whey, West Frisian waai.
Noun
wei f (uncountable)
Etymology 2
Noun
wei f (plural weiden, diminutive weitje n)
- Alternative form of weide
Anagrams
Folopa
Noun
wẹị or węi
- (Boro, Tebera) water
Synonyms
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)
Kedang
Noun
wei
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
References
- Ursula Samely, Robert H. Barnes, A Dictionary of the Kedang Language: Kedang-Indonesian-English
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
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
References
Mandarin
Romanization
wei
- Nonstandard spelling of wēi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wéi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wěi.
- 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.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare North Frisian wey, English way, Low German Weg, Dutch weg, German Weg, Danish vej.
Noun
wei c (plural wegen)