wiri
Chichewa
Numeral
wiri
- two
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋi.ri/
- Hyphenation: wi‧ri
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Sranan Tongo wiwiri.
Noun
wiri m (plural wiri's, diminutive wirietje n)
- (slang) marijuana, weed
Etymology 2
Compare wiri-wiri.
Noun
wiri m (plural wiri's)
- A scraper ideophone made of a metal bar, traditionally used in music from Curaçao.
Maori
Verb
wiri
- to bore, twist, drill
- to tremble, shiver, shudder
Noun
wiri
- gimlet, auger, drill, screwdriver, anything for boring holes
- (music) trembling of the hands in Maori singing to indicate the interface between the mind and the body (the wiri represents the shimmering of the ocean water, the heat waves rising from the ground, the wind rustling the tree leaves)
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch wiel.
Noun
wiri
- wheel, gear
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic *wiþjō.
Noun
wi´rĭ f (definite singular wi´rjă, definite plural wīrjĕn)
- withe
Alternative forms
- wirj
- virj
- gverj