wati

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wati.

wati

1. earthworm

wati

1. spouse
2. husband, bridegroom, groom (wati tagane, to specify of the male sex)
3. wife, bride (wati alewa, to specify of the female sex)
4. consort
5. brother-in-law, sister-in-law

The word wati is used to signify "brother-in-law" or "sister-in-law" only when the person is the opposite sex of the antecedent person being referred to. For a woman's sister-in-law, one should use dauve. For a man's brother-in-law, one should used tavale.

wati

1. romanization of ꦮꦠꦶ

From Arabic وَاطِئ (wāṭiʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaː.tɪ/

wati (feminine singular watja, plural watjin)

1. flat, level

Borrowed from English watch.

• IPA^(key): /wa.ti/, [wɐ.ti]

wati

1. watch

   Synonym: matawā

• “wati” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

wati

1. earthworm

• IPA^(key): /ˈwati/, [ˈwɐtɪ]

wati

1. man, particularly one who has been initiated
2. husband

wati

1. across

Borrowed from English watt.

wati class IX (plural wati class X)

1. watt

wati (Sulat Sūg spelling وَتِ)

1. copulate; to do or having sexual intercourse; sexual interaction

   Synonym: iyut

• IPA^(key): [ˈwa.ti]

wati

1. to pick vegetables

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

wati

1. man