waif

Etymology 1
The is derived from Late, from ,  (compare Anglo-Latin , 🇨🇬), possibly from , a variant of ,  , probably from a  source such as , from , from.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
 * 2) Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
 * 3) A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
 * 4)  A very thin person.
 * 5)  A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
 * 1)  A very thin person.
 * 2)  A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
 * 1)  A very thin person.
 * 2)  A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
 * 1)  A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
 * 1)  A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
 * 1)  A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.

Translations

 * Arabic: سَائِبَة
 * Bulgarian: намерена вещ
 * Finnish: isännätön esine, isännätön tavara
 * German: herrenloses Gut
 * Italian:
 * Swedish: herrelöst gods
 * Vietnamese: vật vô chủ


 * Arabic: مَفْقُود
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Russian:, поте́рянная вещь
 * Spanish:, bien mostrenco
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: vật vô chủ


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:, forældreløst barn
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vaganto
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, heimatlose Person, heimatloses Kind
 * Italian:, , trovatello,
 * Maori: hoetere
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish: föräldralöst barn
 * Vietnamese: trẻ bơ vơ, trẻ bị bỏ rơi


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.

Etymology 2
Possibly from ; see further at etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1)  A small flag used as a signal.

Etymology 3
en; possibly related to the following words:


 * , a variant of (etymology 2) or  (see further at those entries).
 * 🇨🇬,, possibly a variant of either:
 * ,, , possibly from , from 🇨🇬, ultimately from 🇨🇬; or
 * , from ; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from 🇨🇬 (ultimately from 🇨🇬), or from (see, ).

Noun

 * 1) Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) wife