wado

See also: wādo

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waþwô. Cognate with Old Saxon watho, Old Norse vǫðvi.

Noun

wado ?

1. calf of leg

Descendants

• German: Wade

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.dɔ/
• Rhymes: -adɔ
• Syllabification: wa‧do

Noun

wado f

1. vocative singular of wada

West Makian

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Etymology

Cognate with Ternate waro (“to know”), Tobelo waho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.d̪o/

Verb

wado

1. (transitive) to know
2. (transitive) to find out, learn of
   • 2021, Yongki Indu Karam, “Cinta Ne Idadi Haene ma”:

     oras mine hanso tawado

     at this time I just found out

Conjugation

Conjugation of wado (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tawado	mawado	awado
2nd person		nawado	fawado
3rd person	inanimate	iwado	dawado
	animate
imperative		nawado, wado	fawado, wado

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (in the conjugated form tawado)
• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics