British Dictionary definitions for wai

wai

noun

NZ water

Word Origin

Māori

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Examples from the Web for wai

Historical Examples

There never be no telling the wai, any more than the time of un.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
An' what be yèu a-tullin' o', wai yur vurbèedin' an' yur 'àngin'?
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
Molire
The lake has no affluents and only one outlet, the Wai Nibe to the north.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4
Various
We waited for the parson's alligator, but we wain't for yourn.
Westward Ho!
Charles Kingsley
Know the wai to my own door, at laste; and have a raight to goo there.'
Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor
R. D. Blackmore

wai

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for wai

Historical Examples

There never be no telling the wai, any more than the time of un.

An' what be yèu a-tullin' o', wai yur vurbèedin' an' yur 'àngin'?

The lake has no affluents and only one outlet, the Wai Nibe to the north.

We waited for the parson's alligator, but we wain't for yourn.

Know the wai to my own door, at laste; and have a raight to goo there.'