ae

Etymology 1

From Scottish Middle English a-, from Old English ān (“one”); see also a.

Etymology 2

Variant form of æ.

See also

• a.e.

References

• “ae” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ae” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

Noun

ae

1. water

Further reading

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)
• ABVD

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːə/, [ˈæːæ]
• Rhymes: -aːə

Verb

ae (imperative a, infinitive at ae, present tense aer, past tense aede, perfect tense har aet)

1. stroke, pat, caress

Noun

ae

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ae

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Bradley J. McDonnell, Possessive Structures in Ende: a Language of Eastern Indonesia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eː]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish áe (“liver”), from Old Irish óa.

Etymology 2

Mutation

Further reading

• "ae" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 áe ("liver")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “ae” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ae” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑe/

Noun

ae

1. tree

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) (ai)
• Morris Johnson, Kela Organized Phonology Data (1994) (ae)

Participle

ae

1. nominative feminine plural of us
2. genitive feminine singular of us
3. dative feminine singular of us
4. vocative feminine plural of us

References

• ae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Verb

ae

1. (intransitive) go up

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ae

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

• P. Sawardo, Struktur bahasa Lio (1987)
• Louise Baird, A Grammar of Kéo: An Austronesian Language of East Nusantara (2002) ('aé)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɨ̯/

Conjunction

ae ... ae

1. either ... or
   • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:

     Sef kyfryw chware a wneynt, taraw a wnai pob un dyrnawt ar y got, ae a’e droet ae a throssawl;

     In this manner they played the game, each of them striking the bag, either with his foot or with a staff.

Etymology

Corruption of aí.

Interjection

ae

1. (Internet slang, Brazil) oh yeah (expression of joy or approvement)

Etymology

From Scottish Middle English a-, from Old English ān (“one”); see also a.

Pronunciation

• (Shetland, northern East Central Scots) IPA^(key): /eː/^[1]
• (southern East Central Scots, South-West Scots) IPA^(key): /jeː/^[1]
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /jɛː/^[1]

Adjective

ae (not comparable)

1. one

References