awe

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Aweti. === Symbol === awe (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Awetí. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Awetí terms == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /ɔː/ (Standard Southern British, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /oː/ (US, without the cot–caught merger) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /ɔ/ (US, cot–caught merger) enPR: ä, IPA(key): /ɑ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɔ/ Homophones: aw; or (non-rhotic); oar, ore, o'er (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root. ==== Noun ==== awe (usually uncountable, plural awes) A feeling of fear and reverence. A feeling of amazement. (archaic) Power to inspire awe. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing or aweing, simple past and past participle awed) (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in. (transitive) To control by inspiring dread. ===== Synonyms ===== (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm ===== Derived terms ===== awed ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French auve. ==== Noun ==== awe (plural awes) (obsolete) A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels. ==== Further reading ==== “awe, n2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae == Anyi == === Noun === awe rice == Baoule == === Noun === awe hunger == Gun == === Etymology === From Proto-Gbe *-ve or Proto-Gbe *-we. Cognates include Fon àwè, Saxwe Gbe owè, Aja (West Africa) eve, Ewe eve === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.wè/ === Numeral === àwè two === Adjective === àwè two ==== Related terms ==== ==== References ==== == Makasar == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈawe/, [ˈa.wɛ] Hyphenation: a‧we === Root === awe (Lontara spelling ᨕᨓᨙ or 𑻱𑻯𑻵) precategorial root related to being near ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *awe (“strand of hair”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈawe/ [ˈɐwɛ] === Noun === awe soot white feather power, influence === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “awe”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Mapudungun == === Adverb === awe (Raguileo spelling) quickly, promptly. soon ==== Synonyms ==== arol === References === Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos. Doublet of eye. ==== Alternative forms ==== age, aghe, aȝe, ahe, au, aue, aw ==== Pronunciation ==== (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈaɣə/ IPA(key): /ˈau̯(ə)/ Rhymes: -au̯(ə) ==== Noun ==== awe (uncountable) awe, wonder, reverence fear, horror that which elicits or incites horror; something horrifying ===== Related terms ===== aweful aweles (rare) awely (rare) awen (rare) ===== Descendants ===== English: awe Scots: awe, aw ==== References ==== “aue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== awe alternative form of away === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== awe alternative form of ewe == Papiamentu == === Alternative forms === awé (alternative spelling) === Etymology === From Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy and Kabuverdianu ochi. === Pronoun === awe today == Swahili == === Verb === awe inflection of -wa: third-person singular subjunctive affirmative m-wa class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative == Tabaru == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈa.we] === Noun === awe a thread === References === Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics == Tooro == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /áːwe/ === Pronoun === -awe (declinable) your (second-person singular possessive pronoun) ==== Usage notes ==== This modifier, when used in the indefinite forms, causes the word before it to lose its high tone. ==== Inflection ==== ==== See also ==== === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 418-419 == Western Arrernte == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /awə/ === Interjection === awe yes == Yoruba == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /à.wé/ === Noun === àwé friend Synonyms: ọ̀rẹ́, olùkù an unknown person Táni àwé yẹn? ― Who is that unknown person? ==== Usage notes ==== More commonly used in Central Yoruba dialects === References === Aremo, Bolaji (2012), How Yoruba and Igbo Became Different Languages‎[4], Scribo Publications, →ISBN