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See also: Appendix:Variations of "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]Determiner
[edit]wor
Usage notes
[edit]- Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Abinomn
[edit]Noun
[edit]wor
Chinese
[edit]For pronunciation and definitions of wor – 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]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]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwēr, *hwar.
Pronunciation
[edit]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]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wor (uncountable)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “wōr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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