werra
See also: Werra
Latin
Noun
werra f (genitive werrae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of guerra (“war”)
Nyunga
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Adjective
werra
- no good
- Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
- alle werra (that is no good)
- Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
References
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
- 1914, A few notes on some South-Western Australian dialects, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 44, pp. 65–82
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).
Descendants
- Middle Low German: werre
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