wab

wab

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of wꜥb.

• o̧b

Borrowed from English wharf, from Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”).

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɑpˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wæpˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {wab}

wab

1. a pier
2. a wharf
3. a berth
4. a dock

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /vap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: wab

wab m inan

1. (hunting) the act of luring game
2. allure (quality causing attraction)

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wab

1. second-person singular imperative of wabić

• wab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wab (plural wabs)

1. web

Borrowed from English wap.

• IPA^(key): /wab/
• Rhymes: -ab

wab m (plural wabiau, diminutive waben)

1. slap, light blow

   Synonyms: cernod, ffaten, slap

• dan wab (“under the thumb”)

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies