Wepsn

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • Wapsn (South Central)
  • Weps (West Central)
  • Webasn, Wewasn (Southern, Carinthia, Styria)
  • Wegatz, Wess, Wirix (Styria)
  • Webes

Etymology

From Middle High German webse, from Old High German wefsa, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō. Cognates include German Wespe, Dutch wesp, English wasp.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /veb̥sn̩/, [ve̞-], [β-]

Noun

Wepsn f (plural Wepsn, diminutive Wepserl) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. (entomology) wasp
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