watre
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English watery, from Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ, wætriġ (“watery”), from Proto-Germanic *watrīgaz (“watery”), compound of *watōr + *-īgaz. Proto-Germanic *watōr is from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of *wódr̥. Proto-Germanic *-īgaz is from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [wɑdˠ(ɤ)rˠe], (enunciated) [wɑtˠ rˠe]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wætˠrˠej/
- Bender phonemes: {watrȩy}
Stative verb
watre
- watery
- diluted
- thin (of liquids)
- inexperienced
- to be a neophyte
- to be a novice
- to be a greenhorn
- wet behind the ears
- partially cooked
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary