wawe
English
Etymology
From Middle English wawe, waghe. Not the same word as wave.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From inflected forms in wāg- of Old English wǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.
Noun
wawe (plural wawes)
- A wave (moving zone of water or other flowing substance; undulation)
- Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, lines 1099-1100:
- And fro the navele doun al covered was / With wawes grene, and brighte as any glas.
- Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, lines 1099-1100:
- Any sort of flowing or spurting motion.
- (usually in the plural) The ocean; a large body of water.
- (figuratively) A force of change or disruption.
Related terms
References
- “wau(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.
Etymology 3
From Old English wagian.
Etymology 4
From Old English wāwa.
Swahili
Verb
wawe
- inflection of -wa:
- third-person plural subjunctive affirmative
- m-wa class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative
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