werra
التعريفات والمعاني
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
guerra (11th c.)
wera
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Frankish *werʀu (“riot, quarrel”). First attested in 858 CE.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛr.ra]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈwɛr.ra]
=== Noun ===
werra f (genitive werrae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
war
Synonym: bellum (Classical)
strife, insurrection
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Derived terms ====
guerra recrēdūta
==== Descendants ====
=== References ===
"werra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “werra”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
== Nyunga ==
=== Adjective ===
werra
no good
Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
alle werra (that is no good)
=== References ===
1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
1914, A few notes on some South-Western Australian dialects, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 44, pp. 65–82
== Old High German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”).
=== Noun ===
werra f
trouble
==== Descendants ====
Middle High German: wërre
German: Wirre
⇒ Old High German: werran
Middle High German: werren, wirren
German: wirren
⇒ Old High German: giwerri
Middle High German: gewërre
German: Gewirre, Gewirr
⇒ Old High German: werrisal
Middle High German: *werrsal, *wirrsal
German: Wirrsal
== Old Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”).
=== Noun ===
werra f
trouble
==== Descendants ====
Middle Low German: werre