East-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
hua普通话təŋ
wu 吳語
yue粤语 taŋ
hak客家
min閩方言
vieTiếng Việt
kor한국어
jpn日本語待つmatsu待ちmatʃi
myaဗမာစာ
taiไทย

Indo-European languages

European languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
ellελληνικά
deuDeutsch wartenvaʀtənWartenvaʀtən
engEnglish wait, awaitweit, əweitwaitingweitiŋ
frafrançais attendreatãdʁattenteatãt
itaitaliano aspettareaspet:areattesaat:eza
eslespañol esperarespeɾaresperaespeɾa
porportuguês esperarispeɾaresperaispeɾɐ
polpolski czekaćtʃekatɕczekanietʃekanie
rusрусский ждатьʒdatʲожиданиеoʒidanije
ukrукраїнськачекатиtʃekatiчеканняtʃekan:ija

Indo-Iranian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
benবাংলা bilɔmbo kɔra
gujગુજરાતી
hinहिन्दीइंतज़ार कर्नाintəzar kərnaइंतज़ारintəzar
fasفارسی
صبر كردن‌،معطل‌ شدن
sæbr kærdan, montæzɛr ʃodan
marमराठी
panਪੰਜਾਬੀ
urdاردوintizar kərnaintizar

Dravidian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
kanಕನ್ನಡ
telతెలుగు
tamதமிழ்

Austronesian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
indbahasa Indonesiamenunggumənuŋgu
javbasa Jawa
tgltagalog mag-antabay, maghintaymag-antabáy, maghintáyhintayhintáy

Ural-Altaic languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
finsuomi odottaa, vartoaodot:ɑ:, vɑrtoɑodotus, odottaminenodotus, odottaminen
hunmagyar várva:r
turTürkçe beklemekbeklemek

Afro-Asian languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
araالعربية
يَنْتَظِر
intaẓara
amhአማርኛ
hauhausa dakatada:kata:
ormoromoo

Niger-Congo languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
manmandingo
fulfulfulde
yorYorùbá dúróduro
iboigbo
konkikongo kukinga, kuvingilakukiŋga, kuviŋgila
rwakinyarwandagutegerezagutegereza
swakiswahili kungoja, kusubirikuŋgodʒa, kusubiri
zulisizulu kulindakulinda

Other languages

CodelanguageverbIPAnounIPA
querunasimisuyaysujaj


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    Jens Wilkinson:Actually, "wait" can be a noun but it's basically equivalent to "waiting" so I don't think it's a big problem either way. We do say, "it was a very long wait," which is a noun usage.
    Risto Kupsala:"to wait" is not a noun but "waiting" is. In some cases there are irregular forms such as "to speak" and "a speech". So I will change this one back to the original.
    abernaith:Sorry but I don't think wait is a noun. It is either an interjection (Wait! Wait for me!) or a verb [to wait] (Please wait a while.)
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