wake >> weɪk
Definition: [verb] emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
Example: she woke up feeling better
Definition: [verb] hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
Example: we waked Jim last night
Definition: [noun] a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances.
Example: he was attending a friend's wake
Definition: [noun] an annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern England, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church.
Example: his workers absented themselves for the local wakes