"wē" meaning in All languages combined

See wē on Wiktionary

Noun [Hawaiian]

Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} wē
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} wē
  1. Rōmaji transcription of ウェー Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ウェー

Romanization [Mandarin]

Forms: ㄨㄝ [bopomofo], we [alternative]
Head templates: {{cmn-pinyin}} wē (we¹, Zhuyin ㄨㄝ)
  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of V
    Sense id: en-wē-cmn-romanization-jLUuRq9e Categories (other): Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Hanyu Pinyin, Mandarin entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 34 14 52 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 14 50 0 0

Noun [Maori]

Etymology: Monophthongization (thus also doublet) of wai, see there for more details. Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} wē, {{mi-noun}} wē
  1. water
    Sense id: en-wē-mi-noun-D0FoSQ44 Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Water Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Water: 82 18
  2. liquid Synonyms: wai
    Sense id: en-wē-mi-noun-QhEBYuBj Categories (other): Maori entries with incorrect language header, Liquids Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Liquids: 38 62

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ]
    },
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        "alternative"
      ]
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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    "Pages with entries",
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  "lang": "Japanese",
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    "mi:Liquids",
    "mi:Water"
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      "form": "ㄨㄝ",
      "tags": [
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    {
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        "alternative"
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    "Maori entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maori lemmas",
    "Maori nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "mi:Liquids",
    "mi:Water"
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        }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for wē meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: we¹",
  "path": [
    "wē"
  ],
  "section": "Mandarin",
  "subsection": "romanization",
  "title": "wē",
  "trace": ""
}

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