wor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wor"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Woria.

Symbol

wor

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Woria.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Woria terms

English

Pronunciation

(Northumbria)
  • (stressed form)
    • IPA(key): /wɔː/
    • Audio (UK):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔː
  • (unstressed form)
    • IPA(key): /wɐ/, /wə/

Etymology 1

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.

Determiner

wor

  1. (Geordie) Our.
    If ye gannin oot the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.
Usage notes
  • Stressed form is used primarily when referring to family members or close friends of a family.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From an altered pronunciation of was.

Verb

wor

  1. (dialect, Northern England, East Midlands, West Country) Was; were.
    • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213:
      “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.

Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

wor

  1. stone

Chinese

Pronunciation


Particle

wor

  1. (Cantonese) alternative form of  / (particle)

Chuukese

Verb

wor

  1. to exist

Javanese

Romanization

wor

  1. romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦂ

Lolopo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wo²¹]

Noun

wor

  1. (Yao'an) snow

Usage notes

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

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔːr/

Adverb

wor

  1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
  2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
  5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms

  • woneem, 'neem

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɔːr(ə)/

Noun

wor (uncountable)

  1. the seashore or beach
  2. the sand (on a seashore)
  3. seaweed (in sewor)
Descendants
  • English: ware
  • Scots: ware
  • Yola: wore

Etymology 2

Adjective

wor

  1. alternative form of werre (worse)

Adverb

wor

  1. alternative form of werre (worse)

Noun

wor

  1. alternative form of werre (worse)

References

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wor/
  • Rhymes: -wor
  • Hyphenation: wor

Adjective

wor

  1. confused (of a battle),
  2. engaged in battle,

Noun

wor

  1. fighting hand-to-hand

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "wor" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.