FromEnglishwhere.

• IPA^(key):/weə/

wea

1. where

   You knowwea?

   Do you knowwhere?

• (phonetic)IPA^(key):[wɛɑ]
• (phonemic)IPA^(key):/wɛjæɰ/
• Bender phonemes:{weyah}

Borrowed fromEnglishwire, fromMiddle Englishwir,wyr, fromOld Englishwīr(“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), fromProto-Germanic*wīraz(“wire”), fromProto-Indo-European*weh₁iros(“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from*weh₁y-(“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

wea (causative verbkōwea,construct formweain)

1. (alienable) awire

wea

1. a water course in a reef
2. a small passage between ocean and lagoon

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

wea

1. Alternative form ofwe(“woe”)

• wāwa

FromProto-Germanic*waiwô.

• IPA^(key):/wæ͜ɑː/

wēa m

1. misfortune,evil,harm,trouble
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚹ ne brūceþ þe canwēana lȳt...

     Joy he has, he who knows little ofwoe...

2. woe,grief,misery
3. sin,wickedness

Weak:

• wēas

• Middle English:we,wee,wea,wæ;wowe

Likely fromweón, itself a derivation ofhuevón (meaning a stupid person).

wea f (pluralweas)

1. (slang,Chile)nonsense,rubbish,bullshit

   Synonyms:boludez,pendejada,tontería

   Esta película es unawea

   This movie isbullshit

2. (slang,Chile) a singletesticle