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Wai vs Waa - What's the difference?

wai | waa |

As a noun waa is

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wai

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.

    • Etymology 2

    Phonetic respelling of why.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)

    • Conjunction

    (en-conjunction)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)

    • Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Aka-Bea==

    Adverb

    (head)
  • indeed

    • References

    * Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923) ---- =='Are'are==

    Noun

    (head)
  • fresh water

    • Antonyms

    *

    References

    * Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary ----

    waa

    English

    (onomatopoeia)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The sound of a baby crying (often written twice: "Waa! Waa!").