wao

See also: waö and wāo

Translingual

Symbol

wao

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Wappo.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Wappo terms

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaʔo/ [ˈwaː.ʔo]
  • Rhymes: -aʔo
  • Syllabification: wa‧o

Noun

wao

  1. eight days of strong rain, usually in August

Lindu

Noun

wao

  1. reflection

Mandarin

Romanization

wao

  1. nonstandard spelling of wāo

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.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwao/ [ˈwa.o]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: wa‧o

Interjection

wao

  1. (Dominican Republic, US, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru) wow
    Synonyms: wow, guao

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Pronoun

wao

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also

Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
person independent subject concord object
concord 		combined forms possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
singular first mimi ni- si- -ni- nami, na mimi ndimi, ndiye simi, siye -angu
second wewe u- hu- -ku- nawe, na wewe ndiwe, ndiye siwe, siye -ako
third yeye a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- naye, na yeye ndiye siye -ake
plural first sisi tu- hatu- -tu- nasi, na sisi ndisi, ndio sio -etu
second ninyi m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -wa- nanyi, na ninyi ndinyi, ndio sinyi, sio -enu
third wao wa- hawa- -wa- nao ndio sio -ao
reflexive — — -ji- — —
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Adjective

wao

  1. m class(I)/m class(III)/u class(XI) inflected form of -ao
  2. wa class(II) inflected form of -ao

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.o/

Verb

wao

  1. (intransitive) to play

Conjugation

Conjugation of wao (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tawao mawao awao
2nd person nawao fawao
3rd person inanimate iwao dawao
animate
imperative nawao, wao fawao, wao

Alternative forms

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

Wolio

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋao/

Noun

wao

  1. rain

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
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