dawäu

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • dawei (West Central)
  • daweil (Southern)

Etymology

From Middle High German der wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Equivalent to der +‎ Wäu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌd̥ɐˈvɶː/

Conjunction

dawäu (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. meanwhile
  2. (when) indeed, (but) actually (expressing a contradiction)
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