wirran.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɪrə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪrə/, Australian English

/ˈwɪrə/

Forms: 1800s– wirree, 1900s– wira, 1900s– wirra, 1900s– worra.

Origin: A borrowing from Diyari. Etymon: Diyari wirra.

Etymology: < Diyari (South Australia) wirra.

Australian.

A shallow wooden scoop traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > shovel > other shovels

shod-shovel1465

scoop1487

peel?a1500

paring-shovel1531

cole-rake1575

rabble1664

van1664

steam shovel1801

ballast wagon1838

wirra1896

power shovel1902

1896 K. L. Parker Austral. Legendary Tales 16 Ye have filled your goolays and comebees with fruits, and your wirrees with honey.

1935 H. H. Finlayson Red Centre vii. 74 The men reach for their spears and walk away, and their women follow, carrying no more than a yamstick, a wirra, and their youngest child.

1956 Landfall June 99 She carried two large pitchi, her four-foot-long mulga digging-stick, which she had freshly sharpened..by charring..; and her wirra, a shallow wood scoop.

1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 26 The wooden bowls were called wirras by these people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wirran.²

Brit.

/ˈwɪrə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪrə/, Australian English

/ˈwɪrə/

Forms: 1900s– wirha, 1900s– wirra, 1900s– wirrha.

Origin: A borrowing from Western Desert Language. Etymon: Western Desert Language wirra.

Etymology: < Western Desert Language wirra.

Australian.

A species of acacia, Acacia salicina, traditionally burnt by Australian Aboriginal people for its ash; = couba n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun]

acacia1542

babul1696

marblewood1753

black wattle1802

popinac1809

wattlec1810

wattle-treec1810

giraffe tree1815

haakdoring1822

hookthorn1822

kameeldoorn1822

camel-thorn1824

catechu-tree1829

silver wattle1832

blackthorn1833

thorny acacia1834

boobyalla1835

seyal1844

mulga1848

thorn-wood1850

hackthorn1857

mimosa1857

poison tree1857

Port Jackson1857

talha1857

golden wattle1859

whitethorn acacia1860

buffalo thorn1866

nelia1867

siris1874

cassie1876

couba1878

needlebush1884

sallow wattle1884

sally1884

giddea1885

prickly Moses1887

yarran1888

opopanax tree1889

wait-a-while1889

fever tree1893

giraffe acacia1896

stay-a-while1898

brigalow1901

wirra1904

cootamundra1909

Sydney golden wattle1909

witchetty bush1911

rooikrans1917

jam-tree1934

whistling thorn1949

blackthorn1966

1902 Folk-lore 13 409 Mantandara, a bush, in Dieri Wirra, the leaves of which are dried in the ashes, and being rubbed up are mixed with the pitcheri for chewing.]

1904 A. W. Howitt Native Tribes South-east Austr. xi. 712 (caption) Wirha. Acacia salicina.

1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xiv. 102 Burned leaves of the wirra (a species of acacia, the leaves of which when burned yield a powder of potash).

2006 Southerly 22 June 40 Branches of wirha bush which the explorers had used to make an improvised shelter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wirraint.

Brit.

/ˈwɪrə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪrə/, Irish English

/ˈwɪrə/

Forms:

α. 1800s weira, 1800s– mwirra, 1800s– whirra, 1800s– whirrah, 1800s– whurrah, 1800s– wirra, 1800s– wirrah, 1800s– worra, 1800s– wurra, 1800s– wurrah.

β. 1800s– a-wurrah, 1900s– amirra.

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish Mhuire.

Etymology: < Irish Mhuire (in a Mhuire (broadly) /ə wɪrə/ < a , vocative particle + Muire , the name of the Virgin Mary: see Mary n.¹). Compare earlier musha int. and also wisha int., wirrasthru int.The initial w- in English reflects the sound of mh- in Irish, a grammatical change of the initial m- following the vocative particle. The variant spellings of the English vowel as either i or u reflect allophonic variation in Irish.

Irish English.

Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret: ‘alas!’ ‘woe!’ Cf. wirrasthru int. Frequently reduplicated.Chiefly preceded by ‘Oh’; cf. the etymology.Chiefly in representations of Irish English speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief

woeeOE

wellawayeOE

weilac1000

wellawayOE

wellaOE

woe is meOE

wummec1175

wia1200

outa1225

alas?c1225

walec1275

ac1300

whilec1402

ochonea1425

wellesay?1440

wannowec1450

helas1484

ah1509

ocha1522

ah me!a1547

wougha1556

eh1569

welladay1570

how1575

wellanear1581

ay me!1591

lasa1593

wella, welladay1601

good lack!1638

oime1660

pillaloo1663

wellanearing1683

lack-a-day1695

wasteheart1695

walya1724

lackadaisy1748

ochree1748

waesucks1773

well-a-winsa1774

ullagone1819

wirra1825

mavrone1827

wirrasthru1827

ototoi1877

wurra1898

1825 E. E. Crowe To-day in Ireland II. xvi. 35 Oh! wirra, wirra, what will become of us!

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxii And what was it at all? an upset, was it? oh, wirra! and wasn't it lucky he wasn't killed?

1872 G. McDonald Vicar's Daughter xxxiii. 262 Wirra! wirra! It's myself is sorry I was so rude.

1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese xxiii. 366 ‘Oh, whirra, whirra, what'll I do?’ the Irishman exclaimed, helplessly wringing his hands.

1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold ii. 29 Oh, whirra, it's never more I'll see it, for they say I'm to be a pirate.

1944 H. Van Stockum Pegeen 65 ‘Oh, wirra, wirra!’ sighed Pegeen, running after the two of them.

1978 W. R. Espy O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun 3 I have not myself heard an Irishman say ‘Ah, wirra, wirra’, or ‘Wirrasthru’; yet they often moan so, at least in books.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1896

n.²1904

int.1825

单词	wirra
释义	wirran.¹ Brit. /ˈwɪrə/, U.S. /ˈwɪrə/, Australian English /ˈwɪrə/ Forms: 1800s– wirree, 1900s– wira, 1900s– wirra, 1900s– worra. Origin: A borrowing from Diyari. Etymon: Diyari wirra. Etymology: < Diyari (South Australia) wirra. Australian. A shallow wooden scoop traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > shovel > other shovels shod-shovel1465 scoop1487 peel?a1500 paring-shovel1531 cole-rake1575 rabble1664 van1664 steam shovel1801 ballast wagon1838 wirra1896 power shovel1902 1896 K. L. Parker Austral. Legendary Tales 16 Ye have filled your goolays and comebees with fruits, and your wirrees with honey. 1935 H. H. Finlayson Red Centre vii. 74 The men reach for their spears and walk away, and their women follow, carrying no more than a yamstick, a wirra, and their youngest child. 1956 Landfall June 99 She carried two large pitchi, her four-foot-long mulga digging-stick, which she had freshly sharpened..by charring..; and her wirra, a shallow wood scoop. 1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 26 The wooden bowls were called wirras by these people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wirran.² Brit. /ˈwɪrə/, U.S. /ˈwɪrə/, Australian English /ˈwɪrə/ Forms: 1900s– wirha, 1900s– wirra, 1900s– wirrha. Origin: A borrowing from Western Desert Language. Etymon: Western Desert Language wirra. Etymology: < Western Desert Language wirra. Australian. A species of acacia, Acacia salicina, traditionally burnt by Australian Aboriginal people for its ash; = couba n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1902 Folk-lore 13 409 Mantandara, a bush, in Dieri Wirra, the leaves of which are dried in the ashes, and being rubbed up are mixed with the pitcheri for chewing.] 1904 A. W. Howitt Native Tribes South-east Austr. xi. 712 (caption) Wirha. Acacia salicina. 1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xiv. 102 Burned leaves of the wirra (a species of acacia, the leaves of which when burned yield a powder of potash). 2006 Southerly 22 June 40 Branches of wirha bush which the explorers had used to make an improvised shelter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wirraint. Brit. /ˈwɪrə/, U.S. /ˈwɪrə/, Irish English /ˈwɪrə/ Forms: α. 1800s weira, 1800s– mwirra, 1800s– whirra, 1800s– whirrah, 1800s– whurrah, 1800s– wirra, 1800s– wirrah, 1800s– worra, 1800s– wurra, 1800s– wurrah. β. 1800s– a-wurrah, 1900s– amirra. Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish Mhuire. Etymology: < Irish Mhuire (in a Mhuire (broadly) /ə wɪrə/ < a , vocative particle + Muire , the name of the Virgin Mary: see Mary n.¹). Compare earlier musha int. and also wisha int., wirrasthru int.The initial w- in English reflects the sound of mh- in Irish, a grammatical change of the initial m- following the vocative particle. The variant spellings of the English vowel as either i or u reflect allophonic variation in Irish. Irish English. Expressing sorrow, distress, or regret: ‘alas!’ ‘woe!’ Cf. wirrasthru int. Frequently reduplicated.Chiefly preceded by ‘Oh’; cf. the etymology.Chiefly in representations of Irish English speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief woeeOE wellawayeOE weilac1000 wellawayOE wellaOE woe is meOE wummec1175 wia1200 outa1225 alas?c1225 walec1275 ac1300 whilec1402 ochonea1425 wellesay?1440 wannowec1450 helas1484 ah1509 ocha1522 ah me!a1547 wougha1556 eh1569 welladay1570 how1575 wellanear1581 ay me!1591 lasa1593 wella, welladay1601 good lack!1638 oime1660 pillaloo1663 wellanearing1683 lack-a-day1695 wasteheart1695 walya1724 lackadaisy1748 ochree1748 waesucks1773 well-a-winsa1774 ullagone1819 wirra1825 mavrone1827 wirrasthru1827 ototoi1877 wurra1898 1825 E. E. Crowe To-day in Ireland II. xvi. 35 Oh! wirra, wirra, what will become of us! 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxii And what was it at all? an upset, was it? oh, wirra! and wasn't it lucky he wasn't killed? 1872 G. McDonald Vicar's Daughter xxxiii. 262 Wirra! wirra! It's myself is sorry I was so rude. 1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese xxiii. 366 ‘Oh, whirra, whirra, what'll I do?’ the Irishman exclaimed, helplessly wringing his hands. 1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold ii. 29 Oh, whirra, it's never more I'll see it, for they say I'm to be a pirate. 1944 H. Van Stockum Pegeen 65 ‘Oh, wirra, wirra!’ sighed Pegeen, running after the two of them. 1978 W. R. Espy O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun 3 I have not myself heard an Irishman say ‘Ah, wirra, wirra’, or ‘Wirrasthru’; yet they often moan so, at least in books. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1896n.²1904int.1825
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