wor
See also: Appendix:Variations of "wor"
English
Etymology
Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /wɔː/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː
Usage notes
- Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.
Abinomn
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of wor – see 喎 (“Cantonese particle”). (This term is a variant form of 喎). |
Chuukese
Lolopo
Etymology
From Proto-Loloish *wa¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꃰ (vo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wo²¹]
Usage notes
- Used in compounds, the normal word for "snow" is wor lei a.
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔːr/
Adverb
wor
Synonyms
- woneem, 'neem
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɔːr(ə)/
References
- “wōr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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