vei

See also: VEI, véi, veí, and Véi

Äiwoo

Verb

vei

to flash, shine
to lightning

References

Næss, Åshild (2017), “vei”, in A short dictionary of Äiwoo (Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia; A-PL 35)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, page 146
Ross, Malcolm; Næss, Åshild (December 2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[2], volume 46, number 2, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, pages 456–98

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

vei (inanimate)

obsolete spelling of huēyi

Doura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vei

water

References

AVBD
A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋei̯/, [ˈʋe̞i̯]
Rhymes: -ei
Syllabification^(key): vei
Hyphenation^(key): vei

Verb

vei

third-person singular past indicative of viedä

Anagrams

vie

Gabadi

Noun

vei

water

Declension

inflection of stem *vei*
	singular	plural
nominative stem + -na/-da	veina	veida
locative + instrumental stem + -nai/-dai	veinai	veidai
alienable possession

References

A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Gende

Etymology

Cognate with Yaweyuha ve (“man”).

Noun

vei

man

References

Scott, Graham (1978), the Fore language of Papua New Guinea (Pacific Linguistics, Series B, 47.), Canberra: The Australian National University, →DOI, page 186

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *Cuɾiː (“ape”), from Pre-Hlai *Cu[d/ɖ]iː (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /vei˥˧/

Noun

vei

ape

Lala (New Guinea)

Noun

vei

water

References

A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Mekeo

Noun

vei

water

References

A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Inherited from Danish vej, from Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Noun

vei m (definite singular veien, indefinite plural veier, definite plural veiene)

road, street, path
way (set of directions to be followed)
ligge på veien ― to be on the way (and thus not a detour)

bane vei(en) til ― to pave (literally cleave, clear) the way for

Alternative forms

veg (less common)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vei

imperative of veie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vei

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ve
misspelling of veg

Old Occitan

Verb

vei

first-person singular present indicative of vezer

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vej]

Verb

(tu) vei (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

(you) will
dacă mă duc acuma vei veni cu mine?
if I leave now, will you come with me?

Taushiro

Noun

vei

water
river

References

Pueblos del Perú, 2006, page 161: “agua vei”
Neftalí Alicea Ortiz, editor (1975), “Vocabulario taushiro”, in Datos Etno-Lingüísticos‎^[3], volume 22 (PDF), Lima: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 75

Veps

Etymology

From veda +‎ -i.

Noun

vei

exporter

Inflection

Inflection of vei (inflection type 7/pedai)
nominative sing.	vei
genitive sing.	vejan
partitive sing.	vejad
partitive plur.	vejid
	singular	plural
nominative	vei	vejad
accusative	vejan	vejad
genitive	vejan	vejiden
partitive	vejad	vejid
essive-instructive	vejan	vejin
translative	vejaks	vejikš

inessive	vejas	vejiš
elative	vejaspäi	vejišpäi
illative	vejaha	vejihe

adessive	vejal	vejil
ablative	vejalpäi	vejilpäi
allative	vejale	vejile

abessive	vejata	vejita
comitative	vejanke	vejidenke
prolative	vejadme	vejidme

approximative I	vejanno	vejidenno
approximative II	vejannoks	vejidennoks
egressive	vejannopäi	vejidennopäi

terminative I	vejahasai	vejihesai
terminative II	vejalesai	vejilesai
terminative III	vejassai	—

additive I	vejahapäi	vejihepäi
additive II	vejalepäi	vejilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “экспортёр”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /βei˨˦/
Tone numbers: vei¹
Hyphenation: vei

Interjection

vei (1957–1982 spelling vei)

(telephony) hello?; yes? (greeting, used when responding to a phone call)