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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenRP:
  • GA:
KieliKäännökset
espanjahallazgo
hollantizwerver
italiaritrovamento, naufrago, randagio, vagabondo, trovatello
ruotsiföräldralöst barn
suomikatulapsi
unkarilelenc
venäjäбеспризо́рник (besprizórnik), беспризо́рница (besprizórnitsa), беспризорный (besprizornyi), беспризорник (besprizornik)

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Substantiivi

  1. (British, law, archaic) 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. (nautical, chiefly whaling, historical) A small flag used as a signal.
  3. Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
  4. Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
  5. A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
  6. (by extension) A very thin person.
  7. (by extension, botany) A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.

Verbi

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

Esimerkit

  • Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing--my, but how stupid he was!

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkowaifs

A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.

A young waif steals a pair of boots