wele

Manipa

Noun

wele

water

References

James T. Collins, The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia (1983), page 70

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wela, from Proto-Germanic *walô. For more; see English weal (“prosperity”).

Noun

wele

prosperity; happiness; well-being
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Etymology 2

From Old English hwēol.

Noun

wele

Alternative form of whele (“wheel”)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wele in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Welsh

Alternative forms

gweled

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛlɛ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈweːlɛ/, /ˈwɛlɛ/

Verb

wele

(literary) third-person singular imperative of gweld

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