wea

From English where.

• IPA^(key): /weə/

wea

1. where

   You know wea?

   Do you know where?

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wɛɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wɛjæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {weyah}

Borrowed from English wire, from Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

wea (causative verb kōwea, construct form weain)

1. (alienable) a wire

wea

1. a water course in a reef
2. a small passage between ocean and lagoon

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

wea

1. alternative form of we (“woe”)

• wāwa

From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.

• IPA^(key): /wæ͜ɑː/

wēa m

1. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...

     Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...

2. woe, grief, misery
3. sin, wickedness

Weak:

• wēas

• Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; wowe

From hueva

• huea

• IPA^(key): /ˈwea/ [ˈwe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: we‧a

wea f (plural weas)

1. (slang, Chile) a single testicle
2. (slang, Chile) do things wrong

   Me fue como las weas.

   I did badly.

Likely from huevada, itself a derivation of huevón (meaning a stupid person), the expected spelling is weá with an accent on the letter a representing the actual pronunciation, which is frequently omitted in instant messaging.

• hueá, weá, güeá, hua, wa

• IPA^(key): /w̝eˈa/ [w̝eˈa]
  • Rhymes: -a
• IPA^(key): ( spelling pronunciation) /ˈw̝ea/ [ˈw̝e.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: we‧a

wea f (plural weas)

1. (slang, Chile) nonsense, rubbish, bullshit

   Synonyms: boludez, pendejada, tontería

   Esta película es una wea

   This movie is bullshit

2. (slang, Chile) shit (general-purpose noun)

   ¡Esta wea es oro!

   This shit is gold!