ae

English Online Dictionary. What means ae‎? What does ae mean?

Translingual

Symbol

ae

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Avestan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Avestan terms

English

Etymology

Variant form of æ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/, /eɪ/, /ʌ/
• Rhymes: -iː, -eɪ, -ʌ

Symbol

ae

1. Alternative form of æ.

See also

• a.e.

References

• “ae”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ae”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

Abinomn

Noun

ae

1. mother

Aore

Noun

ae

1. water

Further reading

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)
• ABVD

Barai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ/

Letter

ae (upper case Ae)

1. A letter of the Barai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Bislama

Etymology

From English eye.

Noun

ae

1. (anatomy) eye

Danish

Etymology

Probably derived from the interjection ah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːə/, [ˈæːæ]
• Rhymes: -aːə
• Homophone: age

Verb

ae (past tense aede, past participle aet)

1. to stroke, pat, caress

Conjugation

References

• “ae” in Den Danske Ordbog

Eastern Ngad'a

Noun

ae

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Ende

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ae

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Bradley J. McDonnell, Possessive Structures in Ende: a Language of Eastern Indonesia

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /əi̯/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish áe (“liver”), from Old Irish óa, from Proto-Celtic *awV-. Compare Welsh afu.

Noun

ae m (genitive singular ae, nominative plural aenna)

1. (anatomy) liver

Declension

• Alternative plural: aebha, aobha
• Alternative genitive plural: ae (in certain phrases)

Synonyms

• crua-ae (Achill, Ulster)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ae m (genitive singular ae)

1. Alternative form of aoi (“metrical composition”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áe ("liver")”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ae”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ae”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

References

Kala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑe/

Noun

ae

1. tree

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) (ai)
• Morris Johnson, Kela Organized Phonology Data (1994) (ae)

Khumi Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaar. Cognates include Zou ah and Mizo ár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛ˧/

Noun

ae

1. chicken

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[2], Payap University, page 44

Lavukaleve

Verb

ae

1. (intransitive) go up

Li'o

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ae

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

• P. Sawardo, Struktur bahasa Lio (1987)
• Louise Baird, A Grammar of Kéo: An Austronesian Language of East Nusantara (2002) ('aé)

Lote

Noun

ae

1. tree

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɑɛ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰæjɛj/
• Bender phonemes:

Noun

ae

1. current
2. pool

Verb

ae

1. collect
2. gather, grouping

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mbyá Guaraní

Particle

ae

1. emphatic particle

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɨ̯/

Conjunction

ae … ae

1. either … or
   • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:

     Sef kyfryw chware a wneynt, taraw a wnai pob un dyrnawt ar y got, ae a’e droet ae a throssawl;

     In this manner they played the game, each of them striking the bag, either with his foot or with a staff.

Descendants

• Welsh: ai

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *a(a)e.

Interjection

ae

1. used to draw attention; hey!
2. expression of surprise; oh!

Pará Arára

Alternative forms

• aege (used when talking to a capuchin monkey)

Noun

ae

1. a wasp

References

• 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

Portuguese

Interjection

ae!

1. (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of aê

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ave (Nuorese)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin avem, accusative of avis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈae/

Noun

ae f (plural aes)

1. (Logudorese) bird (in general), especially eagles or other birds of prey

   Synonyms: achedda, puzone

Usage notes

According to Max Leopold Wagner, ae means 'bird' in a general, almost collective, sense, while a specific bird is usually called a puzone. The term also has a tendency to mean 'eagle' in central dialects, and by extension also 'vulture' and other birds of prey.

Further reading

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “uccello”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “áve”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Scots

Etymology 1

From Northern Middle English a, apocopic form of oon, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain. See also Scots ane.

Alternative forms

• a'e, ya, yae, yeh
• eäe (southern, dialect)
• ee (Shetland)

Pronunciation

• (Shetland, northern East Central Scots) IPA^(key): /eː/
• (southern East Central Scots, South-West Scots) IPA^(key): /jeː/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /jɛː/, /jæː/

Numeral

ae

1. one

Usage notes

Used before nouns.

Pronoun

ae

1. one (of the two)
2. one, someone (indefinite)

Adjective

ae (not comparable)

1. one, the same

Adverb

ae (not comparable)

1. only
2. about, approximately

   Synonym: a

3. (poetic) Emphasises a superlative.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Conjunction

ae

1. (chiefly Central Scots) Alternative form of o (“of”)

References

Teanu

Etymology

Possibly from earlier *kel, from Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih. But this etymology remains dubious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ae/

Verb

ae

1. to dig, hollow out

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry ~ae.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry ~ae.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Touo

Noun

ae

1. father; Short for finɔ ae.
2. Short for atufe ae.
   1. stepfather; mother's new husband
   2. father's brother
   3. husband of one's mother's sister
   4. son of one's father's sister
   5. son-in-law of one's father's sister
   6. son of one's father's parallel cousin
   7. paternal grandson of one's paternal grandparent's sister
3. grandfather (on both sides); Short for fizu ae.
4. Short for fizu atufe ae.
   1. grandfather's brother
   2. maternal grandmother's brother
   3. son of one's grandfather's sister
   4. maternal grandson of one's grandfather's sister
   5. husband of one's father's sister
   6. male parallel cousin-in-law of one's father

Usage notes

• All the relations above can be simply stated as ae unless the speaker wishes to avoid ambiguity, much as English speakers will say cousin without specifying second cousin, etc.

Coordinate terms

• ina (“mother, various other meanings”)

References

• Scheffler, H. W. (1972) “Baniata Kin Classification: The Case for Extensions”, in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, volume 28, number 4, University of Chicago Press, pages 350—381

Vietnamese

Noun

ae

1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) Initialism of anh em.

Pronoun

ae

1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) Initialism of anh em.

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Ternate hohe (“to laugh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.e/

Verb

ae

1. (intransitive) to laugh

Conjugation

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ae/

Noun

ae

1. foot, leg

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔai˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ae¹
• Hyphenation: ae

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Classifier

ae (Sawndip forms 侅[1] or ⿰亻界[1] or 𠲖[1], 1957–1982 spelling əi)

1. used for adult men

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *ʔajᴬ (“to cough”).

In Zuojiang Zhuang, cognate with ae (Chongzuo, Ningming, Longzhou, Daxin dialects).

In Northern Tai, cognate with Saek ไอ๋.

In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang ae, Tày ay.

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai ไอ (ai), Northern Thai ᩋᩱ, Lao ໄອ (ʼai), Lü ᦺᦀ (˙ʼay), Shan ဢႆ (ʼǎi), Tai Nüa ᥟᥭ (ʼay), Aiton ဢႝ (ʼay), Ahom 𑜒𑜩 (ʼay).

Verb

ae (Sawndip forms 痎[1] or 𧙜[1] or 𠲖[1] or 哎[1], 1957–1982 spelling əi)

1. to cough

References