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

  1. watery
  2. diluted
  3. thin (of liquids)
  4. inexperienced
  5. to be a neophyte
  6. to be a novice
  7. to be a greenhorn
  8. wet behind the ears
  9. partially cooked

References
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