wao

See also: waö and wāo

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.

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Pronoun

wao

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also
Swahili personal pronouns (m-wa class(I/II))
Number Person Independent Subject concord Object concord Combined forms Possessive
affirmative negative na ndi- si-
SingularFirst 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
PluralFirst 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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 inflected form of -ao.
  2. U class inflected form of -ao.
  3. Wa class 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, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fawao, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Alternative forms

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, 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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