wor

English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /wɔː/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː

Determiner edit

wor

(Geordie) Our.
If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.

Usage notes edit

Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.

Derived terms edit

wor kid (Geordie)
wor lass (Geordie)

Anagrams edit

Row, row

Abinomn edit

Noun edit

wor

stone

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of w o r – see 喎 (“Cantonese particle”). (This term is a variant form of 喎).

Chuukese edit

Verb edit

wor

to exist

Lolopo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Loloish *wa¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꃰ (vo).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [wo²¹]

Noun edit

wor

(Yao'an) snow

Usage notes edit

Used in compounds, the normal word for "snow" is wor lei a.

Low German edit

Alternative forms edit

waar
wo

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /vɔːr/

Adverb edit

wor

(interrogative) where (at what place)
(relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
(interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
(relative, with a preposition) what, that which
(relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms edit

woneem, 'neem

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

wore, ware

Etymology edit

From Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːr(ə)/

Noun edit

wor (uncountable)

The seashore, beach; sand (on a seashore).
seaweed (in sewor)

Descendants edit

English: ware
Scots: ware
Yola: wore

References edit

“wōr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.