ouaîsé

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (little bird), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (bird), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ouaîsé m (plural ouaîsieaux)

  1. (Jersey) bird
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 515:
      P'tit à p'tit l'ouaisé fait sen nic.
      Little by little the bird builds her nest.

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