wera

See also: w̃era and wěra

'Are'are

Noun

wera

  1. child

Synonyms

References

Leti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔwɛ́ra]

Noun

wera

  1. water

References

  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (as w̃era)
  • Leti (2004, →ISBN, page 29 (comparative wordlist) (as ʔwera [ʔwɛ́ra])
  • Harry van der Hulst and Marian Klamer, Reduplication in Leti (as wɛra)

Maltese

Etymology

Root
w-r-j
10 terms

From Arabic أَرَى (ʔarā), factitive IV. stem of رَأَى (raʔā), whence Maltese ra (“to see”). The Maltese perfect forms are backformations from the imperfect.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra

Verb

wera (imperfect juri, past participle muri)

  1. to show
    • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:
      Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of wera
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m wrejt wrejt wera wrejna wrejtu wrew
f wriet
imperfect m nuri turi juri nuru turu juru
f turi
imperative uri uru

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wela (“to burn”). Cognate with Hawaiian wela, Tahitian vera.

Verb

wera (passive werahia or weraina or weratia)

  1. (transitive) to burn
  2. (stative) to be burnt; to be hot

Noun

wera

  1. heat

Derived terms

  • kowera (“glow, gleam”, verb)
  • manawawera (“fanatical”)
  • mawera (“be reddish”, verb)
  • pāwera (“be sore”, verb)
  • werawera (“be hot”, verb)
  • weranga (“burning”, noun)
  • whakawera (“heat”, verb)

Further reading

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

Mapudungun

Adjective

wera (Raguileo spelling)

  1. a lot

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwe.rɑ/

Noun

wera

  1. genitive plural of wer

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes wera
lemes ka sorangan {{{les}}}
lemes ka batur {{{leb}}}
loma ambek, bendu
cohag {{{co}}}

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwəra/

Adjective

wera (Sundanese script ᮝᮨᮛ)

  1. angry

Further reading

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