wero

From Māori [Term?] (literally “to cast a spear”).

wero (plural wero)

1. A traditional Māori challenge, performed to ensure that visitors come in peace.

• wore, Rowe, owre, Ower, Wroe, ower, WORE

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Lublin) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ.rɔ]

wero n

1. (Lublin) alternative form of wyro (“couch, sofa”)

• Jan Karłowicz (1911), “wér”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volumes 6: U—Ż, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 90